Estimation of gas-hydrate concentration and free-gas saturation at the Norwegian-Svalbard continental margin

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 803-810

  Carcione, José M ^a   Gei, Davide ^a   Rossi, Giuliana ^a   Madrussani, Gianni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUID DYNAMICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FREE GAS; PORO-ELASTIC MODEL; SEISMOMETER; VELOCITY FIELD;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 28144460126     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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