A review of the gas hydrates, geology, and biology of the Nankai Trough

Chemical Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 391-404

  Colwell, Frederick ^a   Matsumoto, Ryo ^b   Reed, David ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Nankai Trough; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; OXIDATION;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2142696688     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.023     Document Type: Article

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