Gas hydrate and free gas distribution from inversion of seismic data on the South Shetland margin (Antarctica)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-123

  Tinivella, Umberta ^a   Accaino, Flavio ^a   Camerlenghi, Angelo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GAS HYDRATES; GEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

FREE GAS DISTRIBUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0036959619     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022407914072     Document Type: Article

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