Nucleation of gas hydrate in marine environments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Zatsepina, O Y ^a   Buffett, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; HYDRATES; MARINE ENGINEERING; NUCLEATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

GEOPHYSICS;

GAS HYDRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; NUCLEATION;

EID: 0041738979     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016802     Document Type: Article

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