Natural Gas Hydrates: Geologic Constituents from the Birth of Planet Earth to the Present

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 359-366

  Lowrie, A ^a   McGee, T ^a   Lerche, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NUTRITION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; STABILITY; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANOES;

CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; INTERPLANETARY SPACE;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 1642479896     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/14032-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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