Gas exploration beyond the shelf break: An oceanographic challenge

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Thiem, O ^a   Berntsen, J ^a   Eldevik, T ^b   Alendal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Currents; Offshore oil industry; Shelf break; Shelf slope; Waves

Indexed keywords

GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES; WAVES;

LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SLOPE;

NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SHELF BREAK;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MORE BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; ORMEN LANGE FIELD;

EID: 28844495620     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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