Passing gas through the hydrate stability zone at southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Liu, Xiaoli ^a   Flemings, Peter B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free gas migration; Gas hydrate; Hydrate ridge; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FREE GAS MIGRATION; GASEOUS METHANE; HYDRATE RIDGES; METHANE VENTING; REGIONAL HYDRATE STABILITY ZONE (RHSZ);

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; SEAWATER; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SALINITY;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 29544451184     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.026     Document Type: Article

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