4He dating of groundwater associated with hydrocarbon reservoirs

Chemical Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 309-327

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Ballentine, Chris J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dating; Gas; Groundwater; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Noble gases; Oil

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 29544436219     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.030     Document Type: Article

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