Hydrogen, oxygen, helium and strontium isotopic constraints on the formation of oilfield waters in the western Qaidam Basin, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 651-660

  Tan, Hongbing ^a   Rao, Wenbo ^a   Ma, Haizhou ^b   Chen, Jiansheng ^a   Li, Tingwei ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Deep fluids; Isotope; Oilfield brine; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

BRINE; FORMATION WATER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OIL FIELD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 84866555530     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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