Indicators of gas hydrates: Role of velocity and amplitude

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1360-1363

  Satyavani, N ^a   Thakur, N K ^a   Shankar, Uma ^a   Reddi, S I ^a   Sridhar, A R ^a   Prasada Rao, P ^a   Sain, K ^a   Khanna, Ramesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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