Expressions of shallow gas in the Netherlands North Sea

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-105

  Schroot, B M ^a   Schuttenhelm R T E ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chimneys; North Sea; Pockmarks; Seepage; Shallow gas

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; GAS; NATURAL GAS; POCKMARK; SALT DOME; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0037524480     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600022812     Document Type: Article

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