Seafloor compliance imaging of marine gas hydrate deposits and cold vent structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Willoughby, Ele C ^a,b   Latychev, K ^b   Edwards, R N ^b   Schwalenberg, K ^c   Hyndman, R D ^a  

^a PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGING METHOD; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC METHOD; SHEAR MODULUS;

EID: 51449120070     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004136     Document Type: Article

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