Isotopic composition of xenon in petroleum from the Shell Bullwinkle Field

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Nuzzo, J ^a   Hyman, M ^b   Rowe, M W ^b   Rao, M N ^c   Palma, R L ^c,d   Westrich, J ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barrens Consulting Co   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic composition; Mass spectrometry; Petroleum; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROLEUM; XENON;

BULLWINKLE FIELD; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034037691     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02719152     Document Type: Article

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