Basin-internal derivation of hydrocarbons in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa: Evidence from bulk and molecular δ13 C data

Chemical Geology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-355

  Spangenberg, J E ^a   Frimmel, H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Carbon stable isotopes; Gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Gold uranium deposits; South Africa; Witwatersrand

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; CARBON ISOTOPE; GOLD; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0035100680     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2541(00)00283-7     Document Type: Article

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