Light Hydrocarbons for Petroleum and Gas Prospecting
V.T. Jones, III, M.D. Matthews and D.M. Richers
Geochemical Remote Sensing of the Subsurface.  Edited by M.Hale
Handbook of Exploration Geochemistry, Vol. 7 (G.J.S. Govett, Editor)
©1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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TABLE 5-XII

Diagnostic soil gas ratios at the Gulf Research Facility, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Survey method

No. samples

% methane

C1/C2

1000 x C3/C1

Free soil gas

73

89

18

21

Disaggregated gas

38

91

25

22