Mechanisms for methane gas accumulation under hydrate deposits in sediments

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 912, Issue , 2000, Pages 623-632

  Gering, Kevin L ^a   Cherry, Robert S ^a   Weinberg, David M ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; GAS PERMEABILITY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT; VAPOR;

EID: 0033926059     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06817.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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