Immiscible hydrocarbon fluids in the deep carbon cycle

Carbon migration in the deep Earth is still not fully understood. Here, the authors show that immiscible isobutane formsin situfrom transformation of aqueous sodium acetate at 300 °C and 2.4–3.5 GPa, indicating that hydrocarbon fluids may play a major role in carbon transfer in the deep carbon cycle...

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Main Authors: Fang Huang, Isabelle Daniel, Hervé Cardon, Gilles Montagnac, Dimitri A. Sverjensky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15798
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Summary:Carbon migration in the deep Earth is still not fully understood. Here, the authors show that immiscible isobutane formsin situfrom transformation of aqueous sodium acetate at 300 °C and 2.4–3.5 GPa, indicating that hydrocarbon fluids may play a major role in carbon transfer in the deep carbon cycle.
ISSN:2041-1723