Sources of methane for marine gas hydrate: Inferences from a comparison of observations and numerical models

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-63

  Davie, Matthew K ^a   Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blake Ridge; Cascadia Margin; Expulsion model; Fluid; Gas hydrates; Methane

Indexed keywords

FLUID; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037472731     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01064-6     Document Type: Article

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