Origin and flux of a gas seep in the Northern Alps (Giswil, Switzerland)

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-485

  Etiope, G ^a   Zwahlen, C ^b   Anselmetti, F S ^b   Kipfer, R ^b   Schubert, C J ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

Alps; Isotopes; Methane; Organic geochemistry; Seeps; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SOURCE ROCK;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78751494649     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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