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Abiotic methane formation during experimental serpentinization of olivine

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McCollom, Thomas M.·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1611843113PMC PMC5150391

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Significance: Abiotic methane discharged from serpentinizing rocks supplies metabolic energy to chemosynthetic microbial communities and may have done so since the earliest lifeforms evolved on Earth. Several recent reports have claimed observation of abiotic formation of methane during low-temperature serpentinization of olivine-rich rocks during laboratory experiments. However, using 13 C-labeled carbon sources, this study shows that the methane observed in such experiments is predominantly derived from background sources rather than abiotic synthesis. Conversely, more rapid production of methane is observed when an H 2 -rich vapor phase is present within the reaction vessel. Overall, the results indicate that in situ abiotic synthesis may contribute less methane to near-surface serpentinites than some recent studies have suggested.

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Authors: McCollom, T. M.
Affiliations: University of Colorado Boulder (US)
Corresponding author: McCollom, Thomas M.
ORCID: McCollom, Thomas M.
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2016-11-07
Volume: 113
Issue: 49
Pages: 13965-13970
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611843113
PMC: PMC5150391
OpenAlex: W2551583048
Cited by: 241
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 28 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 15.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.pnas.org/site/misc/userlicense.xhtml (vor, 181 d)
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: NSF | Directorate for Geosciences (OCE 0927744)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Keywords: abiotic methane, serpentinization, olivine, methane origin, early life, serpentinite

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