Noble gas tracing of groundwater/coalbed methane interaction in the San Juan Basin, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5413-5428

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Ballentine, Chris J ^b   Kipfer, Rolf ^c   Schoell, Martin ^d   Thibodeaux, Steve ^e,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d GasConsult International LLC   (United States)

^e Burlington Resources   (United States)

^f Peak Energy Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALBED METHANE; GAS FIELD; GROUNDWATER;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29544448314     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.027     Document Type: Article

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