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Barbara Sherwood Lollar

University Professor, Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Verified email at chem.utoronto.ca
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Abiotic methane on Earth

G Etiope, B Sherwood Lollar - Reviews of Geophysics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, geochemical research has demonstrated that abiotic methane (CH 4
), formed by chemical reactions which do not directly involve organic matter, occurs on Earth …

A new analysis of Mars “special regions”: findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2)

…, R Peterson, EE Roden, B Sherwood Lollar… - 2014 - liebertpub.com
… The team considers itself lucky in a human sense: during the course of this study, the members
of the team (see Appendix B) collectively shared the following good news: one birth, two …

Isotopic signatures of CH4 and higher hydrocarbon gases from Precambrian Shield sites: a model for abiogenic polymerization of hydrocarbons

BS Lollar, G Lacrampe-Couloume… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
… for (a) Kidd Creek and for (b) four other Precambrian Shield sites for the proposed abiogenic
end-members that are the focus of this paper (after Sherwood Lollar et al., 2006). While …

Unravelling abiogenic and biogenic sources of methane in the Earth's deep subsurface

BS Lollar, G Lacrampe-Couloume, GF Slater, J Ward… - Chemical …, 2006 - Elsevier
At four underground sites in Precambrian Shield rocks in Canada and South Africa,
hydrocarbon and hydrogen gases exsolving from saline fracture waters are analyzed for …

Stable carbon isotope evidence for intrinsic bioremediation of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene at area 6, Dover Air Force Base

B Sherwood Lollar, GF Slater, B Sleep… - … science & technology, 2001 - ACS Publications
… ( 17), obtained a value of α (0.9934) for TCE biodegradation in their first experiment, very
similar to the Sherwood Lollar et al. ( 16) estimate. A subsequent duplicate experiment yielded …

Radiolytic H2 in continental crust: Nuclear power for deep subsurface microbial communities

…, JA Ward, B Sherwood Lollar… - Geochemistry …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
H 2 is probably the most important substrate for terrestrial subsurface lithoautotrophic
microbial communities. Abiotic H 2 generation is an essential component of subsurface …

An oligotrophic deep-subsurface community dependent on syntrophy is dominated by sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrifiers

…, S Wei, L Li, B Sherwood Lollar… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems (SLiMEs) under oligotrophic conditions are
typically supported by H 2 . Methanogens and sulfate reducers, and the respective energy …

Abiogenic methanogenesis in crystalline rocks

BS Lollar, SK Frape, SM Weise, P Fritz… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 1993 - Elsevier
… t 13CcH 4 and 8DcH4 values for the gases of this study compared to those from SHERWOOD
LOLLAR el al. ( 1993 ). Bacterial and thermogenic ranges after SCHOELL ( 1988 ). …

Variability in carbon isotopic fractionation during biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes: implications for field applications

GF Slater, B Sherwood Lollar, BE Sleep… - Environmental …, 2001 - ACS Publications
… For dechlorination of TCE, Sherwood Lollar et al. ( 8) determined a reproducible enrichment
… The difference in enrichment factors observed by Sherwood Lollar et al. ( 8) and Bloom et al. …

Neon isotopes constrain convection and volatile origin in the Earth's mantle

CJ Ballentine, B Marty, B Sherwood Lollar, M Cassidy - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
… The value of the convecting mantle resolved in this study is indistinguishable from the Ne-B
component found in solar-wind-irradiated meteoritic material. It would be fortuitous if the …