Sicilian serpentinite xenoliths containing abiotic organics with nanodiamond clusters as key model for prebiotic processes

Rock fragments from the deepest parts of a buried hydrothermal system belonging to the Mesozoic Tethys Ocean entered as xenoliths in a Miocenic diatreme, hence brought to the surface, in the Hyblean Plateau (Sicily). Some xenoliths consist of strongly serpentinized ultramafic rocks bearing blebs of...

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Main Authors: Sergei K. Simakov, Vittorio Scribano, Nikolai N. Mel’Nik, Germana Barone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987120301109