RARE-GAS STUDIES OF BASIN-SCALE FLUID MOVEMENT

Authors
ONIONS RK BALLENTINE CJ
Citation
Rk. Onions et Cj. Ballentine, RARE-GAS STUDIES OF BASIN-SCALE FLUID MOVEMENT, Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering, 344(1670), 1993, pp. 141-156
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628428
Volume
344
Issue
1670
Year of publication
1993
Pages
141 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8428(1993)344:1670<141:RSOBFM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Rare gases are conservative tracers of subsurface fluid movement. The mass balance of atmosphere-derived and crustally produced radiogenic a nd nucleogenic rare gases in natural gas reservoirs allows straightfor ward constraints to be placed on scales of fluid movement in sedimenta ry basins. The details of large-scale fluid movements in Neogene sedim entary basins appear to differ according to their thermal structures.