A method for estimating gas hydrate and free gas concentrations in marine sediments

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-30

  Tinivella, U ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

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