Significance of the study on carbon isotopes of alkane gases

Natural Gas Industry

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Dai, Jinxing ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Alkane gases; Carbon isotope series; Carbon isotopic values; Ethane; Inversion; Methane; Natural gas origins; Regression function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858131542     PISSN: 10000976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3787/j.issn.1000-0976.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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