Natural gas hydrates on the continental slope off Pakistan: Constraints from seismic techniques

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 295-310

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a,b   Rosenberger, Andreas ^a   Villinger, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Gas hydrate; Sedimentation; Seismic structure; Seismic velocities; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0034016678     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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