Gas hydrate and free gas indications within the Cenozoic succession of the Bjornoya Basin, western Barents Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 921-940

  Laberg, Jan Sverre ^a   Andreassen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Cenozoic; Gas hydrate and free gas

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FAULTS; GAS HYDRATE; GAS HYDRATES; LEAKAGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BARENTS SEA, BJORNOYA BASIN;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTATION;

FREE GAS; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0030300889     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(96)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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