Measurements of transience and downward fluid flow near episodic methane gas vents, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1075-1078

  Tryon, Michael D ^a   Brown, Kevin M ^a   Torres, Marta E ^b   Tréhu, Anne M ^b   McManus, James ^b   Collier, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; FLOW DIRECTION; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; HYDRATE RIDGE; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; MEASUREMENTS OF; METHANE GAS;

GAS HYDRATES;

COLD SEEP; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033502525     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1075:MOTADF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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