Experimental generation of fulgurite under realistic lightning discharge conditions

Abstract Fulgurites have been documented in geological deposits from throughout Earth's history. They have also been assigned a potential role in prebiotic chemistry as a source of reactants. Fulgurites are generated in nature by cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. The unpredictability in space...

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Main Authors: A. Zeynep Çalışkanoğlu, Alessandra S. B. Camara, Corrado Cimarelli, Donald B. Dingwell, Kai-Uwe Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38781-8