Chemical and isotopic characterization of hydrocarbon gas traces in porewater of very low permeability rocks: The example of the Callovo-Oxfordian argillites of the eastern part of the Paris Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 269-277

  Prinzhofer, Alain ^a   Girard, Jean Pierre ^b   Buschaert, Stéphane ^c   Huiban, Yvon ^a   Noirez, Sonia ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Aquitard; Carbon isotopes; Hydrocarbon gas; Migration

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; BIODEGRADATION; CALLOVIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHANE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OXFORDIAN; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; POROSITY; PROPANE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60749136247     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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