Seismic velocity increase and deep-sea gas hydrate concentration above a bottom-simulating reflector on the northern Cascadia continental slope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 13655-13671

  Yuan, T ^a   Hyndman, R D ^a,b   Spence, G D ^a   Desmons, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

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EID: 0000889336     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00102     Document Type: Article

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