Imaging and quantification of gas hydrate and free gas at the Storegga slide offshore Norway

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Zillmer, M ^a   Reston, T ^a   Leythaeuser, T ^a   Flueh, E R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS; HYDROPHONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; GASES; HYDRATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DEPTH MIGRATION; OCEAN BOTTOM HYDROPHONES (OBH); OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS (OBS); PORE SPACES;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLATHRATE; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; STOREGGA SLIDE; WORLD;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GASSMANN EQUATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; KIRCHHOFF DEPTH MIGRATION; OCEAN BOTTOM HYDROPHONES; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

EID: 19744377560     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021535     Document Type: Article

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