Stable carbon isotope fractionation of individual light hydrocarbons in the C 6-C 8 range in crude oil as induced by natural evaporation: Experimental results and geological implications

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-56

  Xiao, Qilin ^a,b   Sun, Yongge ^a,c   Zhang, Yongdong ^a   Chai, Pingxia ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED ALKANES; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CRUDE OIL SYSTEM; CYCLO-ALKANES; DIFFUSION VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; INTERMOLECULAR BINDING; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; MONOAROMATIC HYDROCARBON; N-HEPTANES; N-HEXANE; N-OCTANES; NATURAL EVAPORATION; NORTHWEST CHINA; OIL POLLUTION; PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY; RAYLEIGH MODELS; RESIDUAL LIQUID; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY ALTERATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STABLE CARBON; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TARIM BASIN; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION; VAPOR PHASE;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBON; CRUDE OIL; EVAPORATION; HEPTANE; HEXANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TOLUENE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ISOTOPES;

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONDENSATE; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84865106942     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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