Measurements of gas hydrate composition and its thermal conductivity

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1125-1131

  Huang, Du Zi ^a,b   Fan, Shuan Shi ^a,b   Liang, De Qing ^b   Feng, Zi Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrate; Natural gas hydrate; Thermal conductivity; Thermal property

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 31344439944     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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