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标题：Widespread abiotic methane in chromitites
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作者：G. Etiope ; E. Ifandi ; M. Nazzari 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：8728
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-27082-0
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：C-enriched methane, hydrogen and heavier hydrocarbons with inverse isotopic trend, which is typical of abiotic gas origin. Raman analyses are consistent with methane being occluded in widespread microfractures and porous serpentine- or chlorite-filled veins. Chromium and ruthenium may be key metal catalysts for methane production via Sabatier reaction. Chromitites may represent source rocks of abiotic methane on Earth and, potentially, on Mars.