Scanning electron microscopy investigations of laboratory-grown gas clathrate hydrates formed from melting ice, and comparison to natural hydrates

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1162-1175

  Stern, Laura A ^a   Kirby, Stephen H ^a   Circone, Susan ^a   Durham, William B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYDRATION; ICE; MELTING; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PORE STRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES;

DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; SHRINKING CORE MODEL; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLATHRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS HYDRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 4444380559     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-8-902     Document Type: Article

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