Origin of natural gases in the autochthonous Miocene strata of the Ukrainian Carpathian Foredeep and its Mesozoic Basement

Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-441

  Kotarba, Maciej J ^a   Koltun, Yuriy V ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Mesozoic strata; Microbial gases; Miocene strata; Nitrogen; Stable carbon isotopes; Stable hydrogen isotopes; Thermogenic gases; Ukrainian Carpathian Foredeep

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; METHANE; MIOCENE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARPATHIAN FOREDEEP; POLAND;

EID: 84859948861     PISSN: 02089068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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