Sources of hydrocarbon gases in mud volcanoes from the Sorokin Trough, NE Black Sea, based on molecular and carbon isotopic compositions

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1040-1057

  Stadnitskaia, A ^a,b   Ivanov, M K ^b   Poludetkina, E N ^b   Kreulen, R ^d   van Weering, T C E ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ISOLAB ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon gas; Mud volcanoes; The Sorokin Trough

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATIONS; BLACK SEAS; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS; HYDRO-CARBON GASES; HYDRO-CARBON GASSES; HYDROCARBON GAS; HYDROCARBON POOLS; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIAL GASSES; MICROBIAL OILS; MICROBIAL PROCESSES; MUD VOLCANOES; OIL CRACKINGS; ORGANIC MATTERS; ROCK CLASTS; SECONDARY PROCESSES; SEDIMENT CORES; SHALE FORMATIONS; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; THE SOROKIN TROUGH; WET GASSES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON BLACK; DEGRADATION; FORMING; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS HYDRATES; HEXANE; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GASES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; SOROKIN TROUGH;

EID: 57049101757     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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