Upward shifts in the southern Hydrate Ridge gas hydrate stability zone following postglacial warming, offshore Oregon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Bangs, Nathan L B ^a   Musgrave, Robert J ^b   Tréhu, Anne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE; DEGASSING; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21844447868     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003293     Document Type: Article

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