An abiotic origin for hydrocarbons in the Allan Hills 84001 martian meteorite through cooling of magmatic and impact-generated gases

Physics & Astronomy

• SNC meteorites 100%
• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 67%
• hydrocarbons 50%
• cooling 36%
• alkanes 29%
• gases 27%
• magnetite 19%
• synthesis 19%
• alkylation 14%
• carbonates 10%
• water vapor 8%
• dissociation 7%
• quenching 7%
• vapor phases 7%
• oxidation 6%
• thermodynamics 6%
• heating 5%
• temperature 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Allan Hills meteorite 85%
• Martian meteorite 76%
• PAH 39%
• cooling 38%
• hydrocarbon 37%
• gas 27%
• alkane 22%
• magnetite 14%
• overprinting 9%
• oxidation-reduction 8%
• calculation 8%
• water vapor 6%
• spatial variation 6%
• thermodynamics 5%
• heating 5%
• carbonate 5%
• temperature 2%