title: Primordial oil slick.
abstract: Calculations and some preliminary experiments suggest that an early methane atmosphere would have been polymerized by solar ultraviolet radiation in geologically short periods of time. An oil slick 1 to 10 meters thick could have been produced in this way and might well have been of considerable importance in the development of life.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lasaga
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dwyer