Pathways for abiotic organic synthesis at submarine hydrothermal fields

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 7668-7672

  McDermott, Jill M ^a,b   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^a   German, Christopher R ^a   Sylva, Sean P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic organic synthesis; Fluid vapor inclusions; Formate; Hydrothermal systems; Methane

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON; FORMIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ABIOTIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON SOURCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL SPRING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84934997813     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506295112     Document Type: Article

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