Petrological factors controlling abiotic methane formation in mafic-ultramafic rocks

• Main Author: Υφαντή, Ελένη
• Other Authors: Yfanti, Eleni
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Abiotic methane; Chromitites; Platinum group minerals; Othrys; Peridotites; Αβιοτικό Μεθάνιο; Χρωμιτίτης; Περιδοτίτες; Πλατινοειδή ορυκτά; Όθρυς

Abiotic methane occurrence in ultramafic rocks produced via CO2 hydrogenation, is an emerging research topic. It is considered that metals occurring in mineral phases of some ultramafic rocks catalysed the Sabatier reaction. However, it is still unclear which mineralogical features and/or petrologic...