U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-299

MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF THE HYDROCARBON GASES
WITHIN GAS HYDRATE-BEARING ROCK UNITS OF THE PRUDHOE BAY-KUPARUK RIVER AREA
IN NORTHERN ALASKA

by Zenon C. Valin and Timothy S. Collett

This work was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Global Change and
Climate History Program and the U.S. Department of Energy (Agreement
No. DE-AI21-83MC20422).

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with
U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American
Stratigraphic Code.  Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S.
Government.

Zenon C. Valin
  U.S. Geological Survey
  345 Middlefield Road
  Menlo Park, California

Timothy S. Collett
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Federal Center, Box 25046
  Denver, Colorado  80225

This dataset is a digital form of the original report, which can be
obtained by contacting the USGS Library.  Modifications to the structure
and format of included digital files were made by Peter Schweitzer to
conform to guidelines of the Global Change and Climate History Program.

This work should be cited as

    Valin, Z.C., and Collett, T.S., 1992, Molecular and isotopic analyses
    of the hydrocarbon gases within gas hydrate-bearing rock units of the
    Prudhoe Bay-Kuparuk River area in northern Alaska, U.S. Geological
    Survey Open-File Report 92-299, 90p.

For overview information, read Contents/ofr92299.dif

An annotated list of included files is contained in Contents/contents.txt

Full documentation of the analytical methods is in Core/meta/report.txt

More about the USGS Global Change and Climate History program is available
by anonymous ftp on host geochange.er.usgs.gov in pub/info/Overview.txt.

Questions about dataset structure and file format should be directed to:

  Peter Schweitzer
  Mail Stop 906, National Center
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Reston, VA 20192

  Tel: (703) 648-6533
  FAX: (703) 648-6647
  email: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

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