Metastability of gas hydrate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2981-2984

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a   Zatsepina, Olga Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GAS HYDRATES; SEDIMENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; GASES; HYDRATION;

GAS HYDRATE METASTABILITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; GAS HYDRATES;

DEEP SEA; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; META-STABLE STATE; METASTABILITIES; METASTABLE HYDRATES; SLOPE FAILURE; STABILITY ZONES; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS;

EID: 0033208558     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002339     Document Type: Article

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