Seismic expression of gas and gas hydrates across the western Black Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 173-183

  Popescu, Irina ^a   Lericolais, Gilles ^b   Panin, Nicolae ^c   De Batist, Marc ^a   Gillet, Hervé ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL FIELDS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BOTTOM-SIMULATING REFLECTION; GAS ACCUMULATION; GAS MIGRATION; SHALLOW GAS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCUMULATION; DATA SET; GAS FIELD; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; METHANE; OIL FIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHELF BREAK;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 34250191415     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0068-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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