Mapping the thickness of the gas hydrate stability zone in the South China Sea

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 815-828

  Wang, Shuhong ^a,b   Yan, Wen ^a,b   Song, Haibin ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; South China Sea; Thickness of gas hydrate stability zone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33846937325     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2006.17.4.815(GH)     Document Type: Article

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