Production of 210Pb from a Slochteren sandstone gas reservoir

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1317-1329

  Schmidt, Arthur P ^a   Hartog, F A ^b   Van Os, B J H ^c   Schuiling, R D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Shell Intl Chemicals Research   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; LEAD ISOTOPE; NATURAL GAS; PROVENANCE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033906479     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(00)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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