Hydrocarbons of experimental and natural gas hydrates, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 289-293

  Sassen, Roger ^a   Macdonald, Ian R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C of methane; Gas vents; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons of gas hydrate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; GAS HYDRATES; GAS VENTS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

COMPOSITION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE WATERS;

GAS VENTS; GULF OF MEXICO;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030616287     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00001-6     Document Type: Article

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