Laboratory simulations of abiotic hydrocarbon formation in earth's deep subsurface

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 467-494

  McCollom, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84877002789     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.75.15     Document Type: Article

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