Natural gas seepage in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Authors: | BB Bernard JM Brooks WM Sackett |
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| Institution: | Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas USA |
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| Abstract: | Hydrocarbon compositions and δ13C values for methane of fourteen natural seep gases and four underwater vents in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico are reported. The C1/(C2 + C3) ratios of the seep gas samples ranged from 68 to greater than 1000, whereas δPDB13C values varied from ?39.9 to ?65.5‰. Compositions suggest that eleven of the natural gas seeps are produced by microbial degradation whereas the remaining three have a significant thermocatalytically produced component. Contradictions in the inferences drawn from molecular and isotopic compositions make strict interpretation of the origins of a few of the samples impossible. |
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