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Unraveling the complexity of deep gas accumulations with three-dimensional multimodal CARS microscopy

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33321.1
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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SubjectCoherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; Deep gas; Fluid inclusion; Gas generation; Geological materials; Higher hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbon cracking; Multi-modal; Nonlinear optical microscopy; Origin of natural gas; Spatially resolved; Two-photon excited; C (programming language); Coherent scattering; Methane; Mineralogy; Natural gas; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Organic compounds; Positive ions; Raman spectroscopy; Three dimensional; Characterization; fluid inclusion; geoaccumulation; hydrocarbon generation; three-dimensional modeling
Abstract
The origin of natural gas accumulations in thermally mature basins is poorly understood. Unraveling complex contributions from hydrocarbon cracking, mixing, redox alteration, and deeper sources requires analysis of gases trapped during specifi c periods of basin history. Fluid inclusions can provide such samples, but their unambiguous characterization is challenging. Here we show that three-dimensional (3-D) multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy of geologic materials allows mapping and molecular identifi cation of trapped methane and water using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, imaging of crystallographic features using second harmonic generation, and identifi cation of higher hydrocarbons using twophoton excited fl uorescence. Spatially resolved, molecule-specifi c characterization of fl uid inclusions will improve models of natural gas generation, migration, and accumulation. We believe that these broadly applicable methods will potentially transform the characterization of geological materials. © 2012 Geological Society of America.
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  • Geology 40, no. 12 (18 September 2012): 1063–1066.
LanguageEnglish
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NPARC number21270074
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