Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Production at Lost City Hydrothermal Field

@article{Proskurowski2008AbiogenicHP,
  title={Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Production at Lost City Hydrothermal Field},
  author={Giora Proskurowski and Marvin D. Lilley and Jeffery S. Seewald and Gretchen L. Fr{\"u}h-Green and Eric James Crane Olson and John Edward Lupton and Sean P. Sylva and Deborah S. Kelley},
  journal={Science},
  year={2008},
  volume={319},
  pages={604 - 607}
}
Low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons in natural hydrothermal fluids have been attributed to abiogenic production by Fischer-Tropsch type (FTT) reactions, although clear evidence for such a process has been elusive. Here, we present concentration, and stable and radiocarbon isotope, data from hydrocarbons dissolved in hydrogen-rich fluids venting at the ultramafic-hosted Lost City Hydrothermal Field. A distinct “inverse” trend in the stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of C1 to C4… 
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