H₂/CH₄ Ratios Cannot Reliably Distinguish Abiotic vs. Biotic Methane in Natural Hydrothermal Systems

Author(s)

Susan Q. Lang, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
G. L. Früh-Green
D. S. Kelley
M. D. Lilley
G. Proskurowski
E. P. Reeves

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Biogeochemistry

Publication Info

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 109, Issue 47, 2012, pages E3210-.

© Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012, National Academy of Sciences

Lang, S. Q., Früh-Green, G. L., Kelley, D. S., Lilley, M. D., Proskurowski, G., & Reeves, E. P. (2012). H₂/CH₄ ratios cannot reliably distinguish abiotic vs. biotic methane in natural hydrothermal systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(47), E3210.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213138109

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© Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012, National Academy of Sciences

Lang, S. Q., Früh-Green, G. L., Kelley, D. S., Lilley, M. D., Proskurowski, G., & Reeves, E. P. (2012). H₂/CH₄ ratios cannot reliably distinguish abiotic vs. biotic methane in natural hydrothermal systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(47), E3210.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213138109