Appraisal of gas-hydrate/free-gas from VP/VS ratio in the Makran accretionary prism

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 637-644

  Ojha, Maheswar ^a   Sain, Kalachand ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Appraisal; BSR; Free gas; Gas hydrate; VP VS ratio

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENTS; P WAVE VELOCITY (IGC: D7/E8); S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; GASES; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WAVES;

SPEED;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AVO METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 45649085625     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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