Estimation of gas hydrate saturation using constrained sparse spike inversion: Case study from the northern South China Sea

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 799-813

  Wang, Xiujuan ^a,b,e   Wu, Shiguo ^a,c   Xu, Ning ^a,b,e   Zhang, Guangxue ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d MLR   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Free gas; Gas hydrate; Saturation; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK PROPERTY; SEAFLOOR; WELL LOGGING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33846900203     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2006.17.4.799(GH)     Document Type: Article

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