Light hydrocarbons in soil gas above prospective oil- and gas-bearing structures: Pomeranian synclinorium, nw poland

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-385

  Sechman, H ^a   Dzieniewicz, M ^a   Nowicka, A ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geochemical exploration; Geochemical ratios; Light hydrocarbons; Poland; Pomeranian Synclinorium; Soil gas; Surface geochemical survey

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; GEOCHEMICAL RATIOS; LIGHT HYDROCARBONS; POLAND; POMERANIAN SYNCLINORIUM; SOIL GAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ETHANE; GASES; METHANE; OLEFINS; PROPANE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; SURVEYS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKANE; ALKENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; METHANE; PROPANE; SEISMIC DATA; SOIL GAS;

POLAND;

EID: 80053088973     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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