A primer on the geological occurrence of gas hydrate

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 137, Issue , 1998, Pages 9-30

  Kvenvolden, K A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; POLAR REGION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032322809     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.02     Document Type: Article

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