Isotopic fractionation of methane and ethane hydrates between gas and hydrate phases

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Hachikubo, Akihiro ^a   Kosaka, Tomoko ^a   Kida, Masato ^b   Krylov, Alexey ^a   Sakagami, Hirotoshi ^a   Minami, Hirotsugu ^a   Takahashi, Nobuo ^a   Shoji, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHANE; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METHANE;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION;

FRACTIONATION;

ETHANE; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE;

EID: 38549150401     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030557     Document Type: Article

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