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Timing and origin of natural gas accumulation in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biology and Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7230-6509
British Geol Survey, UK.
Georg August Univ, Germany.
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2227-577X
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2019 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 10, p. 1-14, article id 4736Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Fractured rocks of impact craters may be suitable hosts for deep microbial communities on Earth and potentially other terrestrial planets, yet direct evidence remains elusive. Here, we present a study of the largest crater of Europe, the Devonian Siljan structure, showing that impact structures can be important unexplored hosts for long-term deep microbial activity. Secondary carbonate minerals dated to 80 +/- 5 to 22 +/- 3 million years, and thus postdating the impact by more than 300 million years, have isotopic signatures revealing both microbial methanogenesis and anaerobic oxidation of methane in the bedrock. Hydrocarbons mobilized from matured shale source rocks were utilized by subsurface microorganisms, leading to accumulation of microbial methane mixed with a thermogenic and possibly a minor abiotic gas fraction beneath a sedimentary cap rock at the crater rim. These new insights into crater hosted gas accumulation and microbial activity have implications for understanding the astrobiological consequences of impacts.

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Nature Publishing Group, 2019. Vol. 10, p. 1-14, article id 4736
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89969DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12728-yISI: 000490981900005PubMedID: 31628335Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85073546979OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89969DiVA, id: diva2:1368808
Available from: 2019-11-08 Created: 2019-11-08 Last updated: 2023-03-28Bibliographically approved

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