The origin of marine shale gas in the northeastern Sichuan Basin, China: Implications from chemical composition and stable carbon isotope of desorbed gas

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-459

  Han, Hui ^a   Li, Dahua ^b   Ma, Yong ^a   Cheng, Lijun ^b   Qi, Lin ^b   Wang, Qi ^a   Zhong, Ningning ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHONGQING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Gas composition; Lower Cambrian; Origin; Shale gas; Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; LOWER CAMBRIANS; ORIGIN; SHALE GAS; SICHUAN BASIN;

CARBON; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DESORPTION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; SHALE;

GASES;

EID: 84879163774     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7623/syxb201303005     Document Type: Article

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