Carbon and hydrogen isotopic variations of natural gases in the southeast Columbus basin offshore southeastern Trinidad, West Indies - clues to origin and maturity

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2086-2094

  Norville, Giselle A ^a   Dawe, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES;

SHALLOW BIOGENIC GASES; THERMOGENIC GAS MIXING; THERMOGENICS;

NATURAL GAS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NATURAL GAS; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLUMBUS BASIN; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34548047902     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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