[Moontanman]

Hydrocarbons Deep Within Earth: New Computational Study Reveals How


A snapshot taken from a first-principles molecular dynamics simulation of liquid methane in contact with a hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at high temperature and pressure. The spontaneous formation of longer hydrocarbons are readily found during the simulations. (Credit: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2011) — A new computational study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how hydrocarbons may be formed from methane in deep Earth at extreme pressures and temperatures.

http://www.scienceda...10415104540.htm

[Moontanman]

Moontanman, on 20 April 2011 - 10:17 AM, said:

Hydrocarbons Deep Within Earth: New Computational Study Reveals How


A snapshot taken from a first-principles molecular dynamics simulation of liquid methane in contact with a hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at high temperature and pressure. The spontaneous formation of longer hydrocarbons are readily found during the simulations. (Credit: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2011) — A new computational study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how hydrocarbons may be formed from methane in deep Earth at extreme pressures and temperatures.

http://www.scienceda...10415104540.htm

Thomas Gold must be smiling in his grave!