Application of a simulation model for the formation of methane hydrate to the Nankai Trough and the Blake Ridge: Natural examples of two end-member cases

Resource Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Baba, Kei ^a   Katoh, Arata ^b  

^a JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

^b 1 5 21 Otsuka   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blake Ridge; Fluid migration; Methane hydrate; Nankai Trough; Numerical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SATURATION; SIMULATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942525152     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00194.x     Document Type: Article

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