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The Deep Hydrocarbon Cycle: From Subduction to Mantle Upwelling

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Experimental results and geological observations suggesting the existence of a deep hydrocarbon cycle are presented. During immersion hydrocarbons accumulated in the Earth’s crust in the slab generally maintain stability to a depth of 50 km. With deeper immersion, the hydrocarbon fluids contact the surrounding ferrous minerals forming a mixture of iron hydride and iron carbide on the depths of 100–290 km. Iron carbide transported into the asthenosphere by convective flows can act as carbon donors and react with hydrogen donors presented in the asthenosphere and form an aqueous-hydrocarbon fluid. This fluid can migrate through deep faults into the Earth’s crust and form oil and gas deposits.

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  1. Gubkin All-Russia State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Kutcherov,  A. N. Dmitrievsky & A. Yu. Serovaiskii

  2. Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    A. N. Dmitrievsky

  3. Zavaritskii Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    K. S. Ivanov

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Kutcherov, V.G., Dmitrievsky, A.N., Ivanov, K.S. et al. The Deep Hydrocarbon Cycle: From Subduction to Mantle Upwelling. Dokl. Earth Sc. 492, 338–341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X20050098

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