Fluid inclusion volatile analysis

Bray, C.X., Spooner, E.T.C., Thomas, A.V (1991) Fluid inclusion volatile analysis by heated crushing, online gas-chromatography—applications to Archean fluids./ouma/ of Geochemical Exploration, 42,167-193. 

Fluid inclusion volatile (FIV) analysis is a mass spec-trometric technique developed by Exxon-Mobil that also avoids separating inclusion oils before detection. This technique was used in combination with other geochemical methods to develop an improved understanding of downdip-oil potential in a mature exploration play, onshore Abu Dhabi, UAE [43]. FIV data are generally interpreted in a qualitative sense key compounds that are commonly used to identify hydrocarbon-migration intervals are methane, ethane, C3+, paraffins, naphthenes, and ratios of these compounds [43]. FIV has also been applied to recognize fluids generated by drill bit metamorphism in turbo-drilled boreholes [44]. 

Salvi, S., Williams-Jones, A.E. (2003) Bulk analysis of volatiles in fluid inclusions. In Fluid Inclusions—Analysis and Interpretation, Short Course Series,edited by Samson, 1., Anderson, A., Marshall, D. Vancouver Mineralogical Association of Canada, pp. 247-278. 

The extraction of thermodynamic data from phase diagrams together with an analysis of accuracy and precision is considered by Anderson and Chatterjee and this section is followed by a discussion of the properties of volatile phases. The properties of supercritical solutions are reviewed by Holloway, and this is followed by a chapter on metamorphic solutions by Eugster and a review of studies of fluid inclusions is given by Touret. 

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