Relative importance of thermodynamic and kinetic processes in governing the chemical and isotopic composition of carbon gases in high-heatflow sedimentary basins

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3763-3785

  Giggenbach, Werner F ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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CARBON GASES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0031402820     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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