Methane seepage and its relation to slumping and gas hydrate at the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-516

  Faure, Kevin ^a   Greinert, Jens ^a,b   Pecher, Ingo A ^a   Graham, Ian J ^a   Massoth, Gary J ^a   de Ronde, Cornel E J ^a   Wright, Ian C ^c   Baker, Edward T ^d   Olson, Eric J ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hikurangi margin; Hydrate; Methane; Multibeam bathymetry; Ritchie Ridge; Slumping

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; GAS SEEPAGE; METHANE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SLUMPING; SUBDUCTION;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RITCHIE RIDGE;

EID: 33846366423     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515184     Document Type: Article

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