Deep-ocean field test of methane hydrate formation from a remotely operated vehicle

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 407-410

  Brewer, Peter G ^a   Orr Jr , Franklin M ^b   Friederich, Gernot ^a   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^c   Orange, Daniel L ^a   McFarlane, James ^a   Kirkwood, William ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; PHASE INTERFACES; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED UNDERWATER VEHICLES; SEAWATER;

CLATHRATE HYDRATE; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; GAS-WATER INTERFACE; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; METHANE HYDRATES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; SOLIDIFIED BLOCKS; DISCRETE MASS; GAS PRESSURES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROV);

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

CLATHRATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; METHANE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; RESEARCH WORK; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATES; SEA FLOOR;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030845308     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0407:DOFTOM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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