Trapping and migration of methane associated with the gas hydrate stability zone at the Blake Ridge Diapir: New insights from seismic data

Marine Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 79-89

  Taylor, M H ^a,b   Dillon, W P ^a   Pecher, I A ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blake Ridge; Gas hydrates; Salt diapirs; Trace attributes

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOW; METHANE; POREWATER; SALINITY; SALT; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

DIAPIR; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034723943     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00128-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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