Bacterial methane in the Atzbach-Schwanenstadt gas field (Upper Austrian Molasse Basin), Part I: Geology

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1163-1179

  Schulz, Hans Martin ^a   van Berk, Wolfgang ^b   Bechtel, Achim ^c   Struck, Ulrich ^d   Faber, Eckart ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement; Diagenesis; Methanogenesis; Molasse Basin; Reservoir rock; Seal; Source rock

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; METHANOGENESIS; MOLASSE BASIN; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK;

BACTERIOLOGY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; IRON ORES; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PYRITES; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

CEMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; POROSITY; PYRITE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORGONACEA;

EID: 67349139624     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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