Subsurface gas offshore of northern California and its link to submarine geomorphology

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 357-368

  Yun, Janet W ^a   Orange, Daniel L ^a   Field, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eel River Basin; Fluid expulsion; Gas; Pockmarks; Submarine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SEAFLOOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033514337     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00123-6     Document Type: Article

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