The origin of methanethiol in midocean ridge hydrothermal fluids

Simple alkyl thiols such as methanethiol (CH[subscript 3]SH) are widely speculated to form in seafloor hot spring fluids. Putative CH[subscript 3]SH synthesis by abiotic (nonbiological) reduction of inorganic carbon (CO[subscript 2] or CO) has been invoked as an initiation reaction for the emergence...

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Main Authors: Reeves, Eoghan, McDermott, Jill Marie, Seewald, Jeffrey S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91287