Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Production at Lost City Hydrothermal Field

By G. Proskurowski, M. Lilley, J. Seewald, G. Früh-Green, E. Olson, J. Lupton, S. Sylva, D. Kelley. Science, 2008

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A review of prokaryotic populations and processes in sub-seafloor sediments, including biosphere:geosphere interactions (2014, background): “…of hydrocarbons may occur in the presence of ultrama ﬁ c rocks, water and moderate amounts of heat via the Fischer – Tropsch Type reaction involving H 2 (Proskurowski et al., 2008), thus any deep prokaryotes utilising these hydrocarbons would be heterotrophs utilising abiotically produced organic…”
Distribution of PAHs and the PAH-degrading bacteria in the deep-sea sediments of the high-latitude Arctic Ocean (2014, background): “As to the origin of PAHs in deep-sea sediments, longrange atmospheric transport and abiogenic production in deep-sea hydrothermal vents are believed to contribute to the accumulation of PAHs (Friedman and Selin, 2012; Proskurowski et al., 2008; Simoneit et al., 2004; Konn et al., 2009).”
Origins of building blocks of life: A review (2017, background): “The peridotiteeseawater reactions associated with the oxidation of iron produce alkaline fluids (pH 9e11) that are rich in H2 and CH4 and other low-molecular-mass hydrocarbons (Proskurowski et al., 2008; Konn et al., 2009).”