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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep32407
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- Arrow Energy to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo (Canada)
- Isotope Tracer Technologies Inc.
- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology (QLD, Australia)
- Queensland Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment (OGIA)
- Science and Engineering Faculty (QUT)
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Using a comprehensive data set (dissolved CH4, delta C-13-CH4, delta H-2-CH4, delta C-13-DIC, delta(CI)-C-37, delta H-2-H2O, delta O-18-H2O, Na, K, Ca, Mg, HCO3, Cl, Br, SO4, NO3 and DO), in combination with a novel application of isometric log ratios, this study describes hydrochemical and thermodynamic controls on dissolved CH4 from a coal seam gas reservoir and an alluvial aquifer in the Condamine catchment, eastern Surat/north-western Clarence-Moreton basins, Australia. delta C-13-CH4 data in the gas reservoir (-58 parts per thousand to 49 parts per thousand) and shallow coal measures underlying the alluvium (-80 parts per thousand to 65 parts per thousand) are distinct. CO2 reduction is the dominant methanogenic pathway in all aquifers, and it is controlled by SO4 concentrations and competition for reactants such as H-2. At isolated, brackish sites in the shallow coal measures and alluvium, highly depleted delta H-2-CH4 (<310 parts per thousand) indicate acetoclastic methanogenesis where SO4 concentrations inhibit CO2 reduction. Evidence of CH4 migration from the deep gas reservoir (200-500 m) to the shallow coal measures (<200 m) or the alluvium was not observed. The study demonstrates the importance of understanding CH4 at different depth profiles within and between aquifers. Further research, including culturing studies of microbial consortia, will improve our understanding of the occurrence of CH4 within and between aquifers in these basins.
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