Composition and origin of natural gases accumulated in the Polish and Ukrainian parts of the Carpathian region: Gaseous hydrocarbons, noble gases, carbon dioxide and nitrogen

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 426-438

  Kotarba, Maciej J ^a   Nagao, Keisuke ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Gaseous hydrocarbons; Nitrogen; Noble gases; Origin of natural gases; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KEROGEN; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; UKRAINE;

EID: 52049110728     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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