North Cascadia deep sea gas hydrates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 912, Issue , 2000, Pages 65-75

  Spence, G D ^a   Hyndman, R D ^a,b   Chapman, N R ^a   Walia, R ^a   Gettrust, J ^c   Edwards, R N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SEA WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; SEA; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0033940388     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06760.x     Document Type: Article

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