Laboratory measurements of compressional and shear wave speeds through methane hydrate

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 912, Issue , 2000, Pages 1003-1010

  Waite, William F ^a   Helgerud, Michael B ^b   Nur, Amos ^b   Pinkston, John C ^a   Stern, Laura A ^a   Kirby, Stephen H ^a   Durham, William B ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NATURAL GAS;

COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; GAS ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; POROSITY; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033910060     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06855.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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