Modeling dynamic marine gas hydrate systems

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1271-1279

  Xu, Wenyue ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRATION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; EXCESS PORE PRESSURE; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MARINE GAS HYDRATES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLATHRATE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4444333598     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-8-916     Document Type: Article

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