Chemical and isotope compositions of drilling mud gas from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) boreholes: Implications on gas migration and the permeability structure of the San Andreas Fault

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 148-159

  Wiersberg, Thomas ^a   Erzinger, Jörg ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drilling mud gas; Helium isotopes; Pipe tripping; SAFOD; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ACTIVE FAULT; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DEFORMING ZONE; DIFFUSION LOSS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DRILLING MUD; DRILLING MUD GAS; FAULT DIRECTION; FAULT STRANDS; FLUID EXCHANGE; GAS ACCUMULATION; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS MIGRATION; GAS MONITORING; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MANTLE VOLATILES; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; SAFOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHALE GAS; SOURCE ROCKS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

BOREHOLES; BORING; BUILDINGS; DRILL PIPE; HELIUM; HYDROCARBONS; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; OBSERVATORIES; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SHALE; TECTONICS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ACTIVE FAULT; BOREHOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; DRILLING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NOBLE GAS; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79954627078     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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