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. 2016 Dec 6;113(49):13944-13946.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617103113. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

The sluggish speed of making abiotic methane

Alexander S Bradley  1
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The sluggish speed of making abiotic methane

Alexander S Bradley. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Some of the potential sources of methane in a serpentinizing hydrothermal system consisting of hydrothermal fluid flowing through peridotite and possibly producing a hydrothermal chimney. (1) Abiotic mantle and magmatic sources; (2) fluid inclusions; (3) uncatalyzed aqueous CO2 reduction; (4) FTT reactions; (5) decomposition of organic material in peridotite, marine sediments, or hydrothermal chimney; and (6) microbial methanogenesis.
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