High-resolution seismic imaging of gas accumulations and seepage in the sediments of the Ria de Aveiro barrier lagoon (Portugal)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 115-126

  Duarte, Henrique ^a,b   Menezes Pinheiro, Luis ^a   Curado Teixeira, Francisco ^c   Monteiro, José Hipólito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INETInovação   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; REFLECTION; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TIDES; TURBIDITY;

ACOUSTIC BLANKING; ACOUSTIC TURBIDITY; GAS ACCUMULATION; TIDAL CHANNEL SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOGENIC MINERAL; CLAY; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS SEEPAGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIMESTONE; METHANE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TIDAL CHANNEL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250178734     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0069-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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