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. 1971 Oct 1;174(4004):53-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.174.4004.53.

Primordial oil slick

A C Lasaga, H D Holland, M J Dwyer

Primordial oil slick

A C Lasaga et al. Science. .

Abstract

Calculations and some preliminary experiments suggest that an early methane atmosphere would have been polymerized by solar ultraviolet radiation in geologically short periods of time. An oil slick 1 to 10 meters thick could have been produced in this way and might well have been of considerable importance in the development of life.

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