Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not produced by living organisms.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This article contains irrefutable evidence concerning the abiotic (aka abiogenic) nature of virtually all hydrocarbons (e.g. petroleum and methane gas) found throughout the earth's crust and mantle.
OpEdNews 2010
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A primary objection as I recall was that the particular example would have evolved as part of an abiogenic process which of course puts it into the realm of the explored.
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As to abiogenic hydrocarbons, it has been conclusively proven that they can form in deep crustal conditions.
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As to abiogenic hydrocarbons, it has been conclusively proven that they can form in deep crustal conditions.
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Independent, multiple origin lines would infer an abiogenic process that is robust with respect to its capacity to generate life but narrow in terms of the scope of its end products.
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Gold also published a book of the same title in 1999 … He has been accused of stealing the abiogenic theory outright from Soviet geologists who first published it in the 1950s.
The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche 2008
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Although he later credited Soviet research, it is claimed that he first published a paper on the abiogenic theory in 1979 without citing any of the Soviet literature on the subject.
The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche 2008
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Although he later credited Soviet research, it is claimed that he first published a paper on the abiogenic theory in 1979 without citing any of the Soviet literature on the subject.
The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche 2008
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The abiogenic petroleum stories have been ongoing for long enough that they would have been found to have some basis in fact.
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Even if we grant that the ‘evidence’ is ‘fact’, “abiogenic HCs” on gas giants probably refers to methane or similar-sized molecules, and not structures of the size and complexity to be classified as petroleum/oil/bitumen/etc.
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