Multiple origins of methane at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field
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Lost City effluent contains about 1 mM methane of abiogenic origin, about 100 μM formate of abiogenic origin, and traces of longer hydrocarbons up to pentane.
“Lost City effluent also contains about 1 mM methane of abiogenic origin [19,26], along with about 100 µM formate of abiogenic origin [27] and traces of longer hydrocarbons up to pentane [19].”
From Early bioenergetic evolution (2013) · cites this paper as [26]
Interfacing with the CO2-rich seawater at the vent was highly reduced, H2-containing vent effluent that probably contained some reduced carbon compounds itself, as Lost City does today.
“Interfacing with the CO2-rich seawater at the vent was highly reduced, H2-containing, vent effluent that probably contained some reduced carbon compounds itself, as Lost City does today [19,26,27], stemming from serpentinization reactions deep within the crust.”
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Evidence from field studies suggests that abiotic methane is generated in some hydrothermal systems.
“Although evidence from field studies suggests that abiotic methane is generated in some hydrothermal systems (44, 50), laboratory experiments typically find very low methane yields from FTT synthesis from olivine.”
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- Authors
- Bradley, A. S., & Summons, R. E.
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
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- Bradley, Alexander S.
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- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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- 2010-08
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- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Keywords
- Lost City hydrothermal field, methane sources, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, CO2 methanation, methanogenesis, Methanosarcinales, anaerobic methanotrophs, aerobic methanotrophs, carbon isotopes, hydrothermal vent fluids, ultramafic rocks, hydrocarbon synthesis
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