Foreword
/ About the Editors
Hollis D. Hedberg
Preface
Dietmar Schumacher and Michael A. Abrams
Chapter 1: Distribution of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Seepage in Near-Surface Marine Sediments
Michael A. Abrams
Chapter 2: Detecting Fluid Migration in Shallow Sediments: Continental Slope Environment, Gulf of Mexico
Michael J. Kaluza and Earl H. Doyle
Chapter 3: Remote Sensing Inventory of Active Oil Seeps and Chemosynthetic Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Ian R. MacDonald, J. F. Reilly, Jr., S. E. Best, R. Venkataramaiah, R. Sassen, N. L. Guinasso, Jr., and J. Amos
Chapter 4: Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Chemosynthetic Communities in the Gulf of Mexico
James F. Reilly, Jr., Ian R. MacDonald, E. K. Biegert, and James M. Brooks
Chapter 5: Geochemistry of Hydrocarbon Seepages in Azerbaijan
I. S. Guliev and A. A. Feizullayev
Chapter 6: Hydrocarbon-Induced Alteration of Soils and Sediments
Dietmar Schumacher
Chapter 7: Test of Hydrocarbon-Induced Magnetic Patterns in Soils: The Sanitary Landfill as Laboratory
Brooks B. Ellwood and Burke Burkart
Chapter 8: Magnetic Contrasts as a Result of Hydrocarbon Seepage and Migration
Hans G. Machel
Chapter 9: Relationship of Near-Surface Magnetic Anomalies
to Oil- and Gas-Producing Areas
Robert S. Foote
Chapter 10: Induced Polarization Effects Associated With Hydrocarbon Accumulations: Minimization and Evaluation of Cultural Influences
Norman R. Carlson and Kenneth L. Zonge
Chapter 11: Migration--A View from the Top
Martin D. Matthews
Chapter 12: Comparison of Light Hydrocarbon Microseepage Mechanisms
Ronald W. Klusman and Mahyoub A. Saaed
Chapter 13: Comparison of Seepage and Seal Leakage Rates
Chris J. Clayton and Paul R. Dando
Chapter 14: Molecular Diffusion of Light Hydrocarbons in Sedimentary Rocks and Its Role in Migration and Dissipation of Natural Gas
B. M. Krooss and D. Leythaeuser
Chapter 15: Ascending Fluid Plumes Above Devonian Pinnacle Reefs: Numerical Modeling and Field Example from West-Central Alberta, Canada
B. J. Rostron and J. Tóth
Chapter 16: Hydrocarbon Flux Variations in Natural and Anthropogenic Seeps
Victor T. Jones III and Stephen G. Burtell
Chapter 17: Understanding Geology as the Key to Using Seepage in Exploration: The Spectrum of Seepage Styles
Jane Thrasher, Andrew J. Fleet, Stephen J. Hay, Martin Hovland, and Stephan Düppenbecker
Chapter 18: Importance of Sampling Design and Density in Target Recognition
Martin D. Matthews
Chapter 19: Flow of Formation Waters: Likely Cause for Poor Definition of Soil Gas Anomalies Over Oil Fields in East-Central Alberta, Canada
Stephan Holysh and József Tóth
Chapter 20: Thoughts of a Hydrogeologist on Vertical Migration and Near-Surface Geochemical Exploration for Petroleum
József Tóth
Chapter
21: Research-Derived Insights into Surface Geochemical Hydrocarbon Exploration
Leigh C. Price
Chapter
22: Interpretation of Methane Carbon Isotopes Extracted from Surficial Marine Sediments for Detection of Subsurface Hydrocarbons
Michael A. Abrams
Chapter
23: A Method for Processing Adsorbed Methane Stable Isotope Data from the Near Surface Based on Fractionation
Dirk Kettel
Chapter
24: Postulated Generation of Bacterial Methane from Seepage Petroleum in Sea Floor Sediments of the Gulf of Mexico
K. F. M. Thompson
Chapter
25: Potential of 13C/12C Variations in Bacterial Methane in Assessing Origin of Environmental Methane
A. M. Zyakun
Chapter
26: Long-Term and Seasonal Trends in the Response of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Microbes to Light Hydrocarbon Gases in Shallow Soils
James Tucker and Daniel Hitzman
Chapter
27: Contamination of Shallow Cores: A Common Problem
Tony Barwise, Steve Hay, and Jane Thrasher
Chapter
28: Predicting Oil Properties from Core Fluorescence
Tony Barwise and Steve Hay
Chapter
29: Surface Geochemistry as an Exploration Tool in the South Caribbean
Jane Thrasher, David Strait, and Ricardo Alvarez Lugo
Chapter
30: Near-Surface Coring in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Northern Alaska
N. Piggott and M. A. Abrams
Chapter
31: Hydrocarbon Prospecting in the Amazon Rain Forest: Application of Surface Geochemical, Microbiological, and Remote Sensing Methods
M. R. Mello, F. T. Gonçalves, N. A. Babinski, and F. P. Miranda
Chapter
32: Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry of Miocene Source Rocks and Heavy Petroleum Samples from Huasna Basin, California
Alan S. Kornacki
Chapter
33: Significance of Geochemical Anomalies in Hydrocarbon Exploration: One Company's Experience
Ronert W. Potter II, Paul A. Harrington, Alan H. Sulliman, and James H. Viellenave
