Abiotic methane on earth

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-299

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a,b   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

abiogenic; abiotic methane; crustal gas; hydrocarbons; isotopes; magmatic gas

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

ABIOGENIC; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; GEOCHEMICAL RESEARCH; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS;

INERT GASES;

CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS PRODUCTION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; METHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84877904729     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rog.20011     Document Type: Article

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