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Serpentinization and the Formation of H2 and CH4 on Celestial Bodies (Planets, Moons, Comets).
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- Igneous processes in the small bodies of the Solar System II: Small satellites and dwarf planets.iScience · 2024Review
- Serpentinization-Associated Mineral Catalysis of the Protometabolic Formose System.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Serpentinization as the source of energy, electrons, organics, catalysts, nutrients and pH gradients for the origin of LUCA and life.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Deep-branching acetogens in serpentinized subsurface fluids of Oman.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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- Rock-crushing derived hydrogen directly supports a methanogenic community: significance for the deep biosphere.Environmental microbiology reports · 2019Article
- Living at the Extremes: Extremophiles and the Limits of Life in a Planetary Context.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Review
- Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses.Astrobiology · 2018Review
- Serpentinization: Connecting Geochemistry, Ancient Metabolism and Industrial Hydrogenation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Low Energy Subsurface Environments as Extraterrestrial Analogs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Review
- Methane Seepage on Mars: Where to Look and Why.Astrobiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Serpentinization involves the hydrolysis and transformation of primary ferromagnesian minerals such as olivine ((Mg,Fe)2SiO4) and pyroxenes ((Mg,Fe)SiO3) to produce H2-rich fluids and a variety of secondary minerals over a wide range of environmental conditions. The continual and elevated production of H2 is capable of reducing carbon, thus initiating an inorganic pathway to produce organic compounds. The production of H2 and H2-dependent CH4 in serpentinization systems has received significant interdisciplinary interest, especially with regard to the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds and the origins and maintenance of life in Earth's lithosphere and elsewhere in the Universe. Here, serpentinization with an emphasis on the formation of H2 and CH4 are reviewed within the context of the mineralogy, temperature/pressure, and fluid/gas chemistry present in planetary environments. Whether deep in Earth's interior or in Kuiper Belt Objects in space, serpentinization is a feasible process to invoke as a means of producing astrobiologically indispensable H2 capable of reducing carbon to organic compounds.
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