Surface and subsurface expressions of gas seepage to the seabed - Examples from the Southern North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 499-515

  Schroot, Barthold M ^a   Klaver, Gerard T ^a   Schüttenhelm, Ruud T E ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas seeps; North Sea; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CARBON; GEOPHYSICS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

GAS SEEPAGE; MARINE SURVEY; SEABEDS; SEEPAGE PLUMES;

NATURAL GAS;

GAS SEEPAGE; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20444466874     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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