Schito, AndreaMuirhead, DavidBowden, StephenParnell, John2024-01-192024-01-192022-06-01Schito, A, Muirhead, D, Bowden, S & Parnell, J 2022, 'Hydrothermal generation of hydrocarbons in basement rocks, Southern Tuscany', Italian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 231-244. https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2022.102038-1719https://hdl.handle.net/2164/22591The work has been possible thanks to the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Accademia dei Lincei Bilateral visit grant, to which GC-MS, fluid inclusions and CL data have been produced. Alex Brasier and John Still are acknowledged for help with preparing CL images. Sveva Corrado is kindly acknowledge for organization of the first field trip and stimulating discussion in the first phases of the work. We thank Claudia Romano for the use of EVPLab laboratories for Raman spectroscopic analyses. Gabriele Berardi is acknowledged for help during sampling and Amalia Spina and Andrea Brogi for fruitful discussions and suggestions. Editor in chief Federico Rossetti, the Associated Editor Orlando Vaselli, Fabio Massimo Petti, Roberto Galimberti and two anonymous reviewer are aknowledge for stimulating comments and suggestions during manuscript revisions. The work was funded by the University of Aberdeen.143296492enghydrothermal hydrocarbonsbasement rocksRaman spectroscopyfluid inclusionsbiomarkersQE GeologyQEJournal article10.3301/IJG.2022.101412