Table 3 An analysis of the chemical and isotopic contents of gas seeps from seven locations throughout the research region.

From: Origin of mysterious geothermal gas emissions in the middle of the Western Desert, stable shelf area, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt

Site

C1

C2

C3

C6+

N2

CO2

CO

Ar

δ13CCO2

δ13CC1

δDC1

δ13CC2

δ13CC3

δ15N

1

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.03

87.83

10.85

0.15

1.10

–

–

–

–

–

 

2

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.01

88.53

10.27

0.09

1.07

− 25.5

− 29.6

–

− 28.9

–

− 0.1

3

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.02

87.24

11.45

0.14

1.09

–

–

–

–

–

 

4

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.01

87.46

11.23

0.16

1.08

− 25.4

− 24.8

-

-25.5

− 27.2

− 0.2

5

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.02

87.36

11.37

0.14

1.05

–

–

–

–

–

 

6

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.01

86.32

11.18

0.14

2.28

− 25.4

− 24.2

–

− 25.3

− 26.5

− 0.4

7

0.41

0.06

0.05

0.14

87.25

11.06

0.00

1.00

− 13.9

− 24.1

− 160

–

–

− 0.5