Carbon isotope ratios of gases desorbed from nearshore sediment samples collected from the Anadarko basin and from the North Sea have been determined by a technique recently developed in the Hannover laboratories. The results show a relation to geochemical data of the deep pooled hydrocarbons in both areas. Because of this relation, isotope analyses of adsorbed gases are of great interest in crude oil exploration.

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