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流体包裹体的非生物甲烷

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Methane- and Hydrogen-Rich Fluid Inclusion Trails

image: Methane- and hydrogen-rich fluid inclusion trails (black dots) in olivine from the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. view more 

Credit: Frieder Klein

科研人员报告说,来自全世界各种地质环境的地球上地幔和低层海洋地壳的岩石含有流体包裹体内的非生物甲烷和氢,这很可能是通过矿物橄榄石与俘获的水的反应形成的,之后溶解的无机碳还原成了甲烷;这组作者说,这样的显微包裹体可能构成了地球的非生物甲烷的最大来源之一,也是太阳系其他地方的氢和甲烷的一个来源。

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