“…Diagnostic C-H isotopic fields described by Schoell (1980), , and Whiticar (1999) and argued to represent hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, methyl-type fermentation (acetoclastic/methylotrophic methanogenesis), and thermogenic gas ( Figure 3b) have been widely applied to coal and shale gas systems (e.g. Thielemann et al, 2004;Zhang et al, 2005;Barker and Dallegge, 2006;Faiz and Hendry, 2006;Strąpoć et al, 2007Strąpoć et al, , 2011aButland and Moore, 2008;Warwick et al, 2008;Flores et al, 2008;Kotarba and Pluta, 2009;Cheung et al, 2010;Kinnon et al, 2010;Dawson et al, 2012;Ni et al, 2012;Susilawati et al, 2013;Pashin et al, 2014;Baublys et al, 2015). One advantage to this approach is that no water analysis is required.…”