Possibility of large deposits of gas hydrates in deeper waters of india

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-63

  Rastogi, Ashutosh ^a   Deka, B ^a   Budhiraja, I L ^a   Agarwal, Girish C ^a  

^a STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BIOGENIC GAS; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTORS (BSR); THERMOGENIC GAS;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GAS HYDRATE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0032779805     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106411999274007     Document Type: Article

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