Carbon isotope systematics of individual hydrocarbons in hydrothermal petroleum from Escanaba Trough, Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a   Schoell, Martin ^b   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Escanaba Trough; Hydrothermal petroleum; PAH

Indexed keywords

ALIPATHIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ISOTOPES; PARAFFINS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; CARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL PETROLEUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PAH; PROVENANCE; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; TERRESTRIAL SOURCE;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALKANES; CARBON ISOTOPES; GEOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

PACIFIC, ESCANABA TROUGH;

EID: 0031126709     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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