The fate of mantle-derived carbon in a continental sedimentary basin: Integration of C/He relationships and stable isotope signatures

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2295-2307

  Sherwood Lollar, B ^c   Ballentine, C J ^a   O'Nions, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EXTENSION; GAS RESERVOIR; HELIUM; MANTLE SOURCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRIA; HUNGARY;

EID: 0030781596     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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