Distribution and origin of gaseous hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide in the quaternary sediments at Starunia palaeontological site and vicinity (Carpathian region, Ukraine)

Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-419

  Kotarba, Maciej J ^a   Sechman, Henryk ^a   Dzieniewicz, Marek ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide origin; Depth gas distribution; Gaseous hydrocarbon origin; Near surface geochemical survey; Quaternary sediments; Stable carbon isotopes; Starunia palaeontological site; Ukrainian carpathians; Woolly rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HELIUM; HOLOCENE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARPATHIANS; UKRAINE;

COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 75349099103     PISSN: 02089068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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