'Split' strata-bounded gas hydrate BSR below deposits of the Storegga Slide and at the southern edge of the Vøring Plateau

Marine Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 301-318

  Bouriak, S ^a   Volkonskaia, A ^a   Galaktionov, V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflection; Gas hydrates; Single channel seismics; Storegga Slide; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS HYDRATES; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTIONS (BSR);

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

NORWEGIAN SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE; VORING PLATEAU;

EID: 0037473265     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00694-1     Document Type: Article

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