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Article #8841Re: Primordial Hydrocarbons
From: oreilly
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1989 03:20
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1989 03:20
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Mike Van Pelt writes; > The outfit in Sweden found methane... the gas > had been verified as being of non-biological origin, but they > didn't explain how they had verified this. Carbon contains two stable isotopes, carbon-12 and carbon-13. During photosynthesis, the carbon retained in plant tissue is enriched in carbon-12 (relative to non-biogenic carbon, such as diamond). Thus methane of biogenic origin is usually enriched in carbon-12. Tom O'Reilly oreilly@hpldsla
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