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New prospects for old gas

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Isotope studies furnish evidence of the source of CO2 in certain natural-gas reserves, and of the long-term retention of such gas in unexpected environments such as ancient continental crust.

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Marty, B. New prospects for old gas. Nature 409, 293–295 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35053254

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