High-resolution seismic studies of gas hydrates west of Svalbard

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 150-156

  Posewang, J ^a   Mienert, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

FRAM STRAIT; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033427248     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050102     Document Type: Article

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