On the resource evaluation of marine gas hydrate deposits using sea-floor transient electric dipole-dipole methods

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-74

  Edwards, R Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; HYDRATES; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

METHANE HYDRATES; SEA FLOOR TRANSIENT ELECTRIC DIPOLE DIPOLE METHOD;

RESOURCE VALUATION;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL METHODS; EVALUATION; GAS HYDRATE; GAS HYDRATES; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; RESOURCE EVALUATION; RESOURCE EXPLORATION;

EID: 0030758572     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444146     Document Type: Article

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