BSRs and associated reflections as an indicator of gas hydrate and free gas accumulation: An example of accretionary prism and forearc basin system along the Nankai Trough, off Central Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-24

  Baba, Kei ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; BSR; Fluid migration; Forearc basin; Gas hydrate; Methane hydrate; Nankai Trough; Seismic

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FOREARC BASIN; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA;

JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942623668     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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