Sulfate-methane transition as a proxy for average methane hydrate saturation in marine sediments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bhatnagar, Gaurav ^a   Chapman, Walter G ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^b   Dugan, Brandon ^b   Hirasaki, George J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS HYDRATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GAS HYDRATE ACCUMULATION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANE HYDRATE SATURATION; SULFATE-METHANE TRANSITION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 41849143024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032500     Document Type: Article

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