Characteristics of shallow gas hydrate in Okhotsk Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-421

  Luan, Xi Wu ^a   Jin, Young Keun ^b   Obzhirov, Anatoly ^c   Yue, Bao Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dome structure; Free gas; Okhotsk Sea; Shallow gas hydrates

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; SONAR; TECTONICS;

BOTTOM PROFILE; ECHO-SOUNDER; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GRAVITY CORE LIFTING PROCESS; SHALLOW GAS HYDRATE; SIDE-SCAN-SONAR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOME; ECHO SOUNDER; GAS HYDRATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SIDESCAN SONAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VENTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 40349097772     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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