The role of metal sulfates in thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) of hydrocarbons: Insight from the yields and stable carbon isotopes of gas products

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 700-706

  Lu, Hong ^a   Greenwood, Paul ^b   Chen, Tengshui ^a   Liu, Jinzhong ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-PRODUCTION; GAS PRODUCT; GAS RESERVOIR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE YIELD; MONITORING TIME; N-ALKANES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; SULFATE TREATMENT; THERMOCHEMICAL SULFATE REDUCTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; TREATMENT TIME;

ETHANE; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROPANE; SODIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHANE; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 79957959516     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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