The impact of porous microstructures of gas hydrates on their macroscopic properties

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 31-35

  Kuhs, Werner F ^a   Genov, Georgi ^a   Goreshnik, Evgeny ^a   Zeller, Andreas ^a   Techmer, Kirsten S ^a   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gas hydrate; Porosity; Seismic attenuation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; POROSITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; SEABED GROUND; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 4444337186     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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