Painting a picture of gas hydrate distribution with thermal images

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Weinberger, Jill L ^a   Brown, Kevin M ^a   Long, Philip E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DRILLING; FRACTURE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; LITHOLOGY; HYDRATION; SAND; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COLD THERMAL ANOMALIES; HYDRATE DISTRIBUTION; LITHOLOGIC CONDUITS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM (ODP);

GAS HYDRATES;

CLATHRATE; GAS HYDRATE; IMAGING METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COLD THERMAL ANOMALIES; HYDRATE DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED CAMERAS; LITHOLOGIC CONDUITS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; THERMAL IMAGES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 19744369788     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021437     Document Type: Article

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