Origin of natural waters and gases within the Upper Carboniferous coal-bearing and autochthonous Miocene strata in South-Western part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 876-889

  Kotarba, Maciej J ^a   Pluta, Irena ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING STRATUM; CARBONIFEROUS COALS; CARBONIFEROUS STRATUM; COAL SEAMS; COALBED; GAS DEPOSITS; GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS; GENETIC TYPES; LATE MIOCENE; METEORIC WATERS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MIOCENE; NATURAL WATERS; NEAR SURFACES; ORGANIC MATTERS; SILESIAN COALS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMOGENIC GAS; UPPER MIOCENE; VARISCAN;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; DEGASSING; DESORPTION; ETHANE; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MINING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SEAWATER;

COAL GAS;

COALBED METHANE; COALIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OROGENY; SILESIAN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 67349177783     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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