Dynamics of gas hydrate: Case of the Congo continental slope

Marine Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Sultan, N ^a   Foucher, J P ^a   Cochonat, P ^a   Tonnerre, T ^a,c   Bourillet, J F ^a   Ondreas, H ^a   Cauquil, E ^b   Grauls, D ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Atlantide   (France)

Author keywords

continental margins; finite difference; gas hydrate; heat flow; seafloor reflectivity; stefan problem; temperature

Indexed keywords

SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE;

ENTHALPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLATHRATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942700371     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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