Gas sources of the YN2 gas pool in the Tarim Basin-Evidence from gas generation and methane carbon isotope fractionation kinetics of source rocks and crude oils

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Tian, H ^a,b   Xiao, X M ^a   Wilkins, R W T ^c   Li, X Q ^d   Gan, H J ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Kinetic modeling; Methane carbon isotope; Natural gas source; Tarim basin; YN2 gas pool

Indexed keywords

KINETIC MODELING; METHANE CARBON; NATURAL GAS SOURCE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PYROLYSIS; ROCKS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUDE OIL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PYROLYSIS; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33846781694     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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