Buried gas hydrates in the deepwater of the South Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Implications for geo-hazards

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-400

  Diaconescu, Camelia C ^a,b,c   Knapp, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Caspian sea; Gas hydrates; Geo hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006265686     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144598001492184     Document Type: Article

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