Extreme methane deuterium, nitrogen and helium enrichment in natural gas from the Homorod seep (Romania)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a,b   Baciu, Calin L ^b   Schoell, Martin ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c GasConsult International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Helium; Methane; Mud volcano; Nitrogen; Seep

Indexed keywords

ABIOGENIC; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENRICHMENT RATIO; GAS ISOTOPES; GAS SEEPS; GENETIC PROCESS; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MANTLE COMPONENT; METAL OXIDES; MUD VOLCANOES; NEO GENES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION PROCESS; PLIOCENE; RAPID VARIATION; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; ROMANIA; SECONDARY ALTERATION; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SEEP; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; THERMOGENIC GAS; WATER POOLS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEUTERIUM; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LAKES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

NITROGEN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEUTERIUM; ENRICHMENT; GAS SEEPAGE; HEAT FLOW; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

ROMANIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78650731208     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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