Gas and gas hydrate distribution around seafloor seeps in Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico, using multi-resolution seismic imagery

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 952-959

  Wood, Warren T ^a   Hart, Patrick E ^b   Hutchinson, Deborah R ^c   Dutta, Nader ^d   Snyder, Fred ^d   Coffin, Richard B ^a   Gettrust, Joseph F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane hydrate; Seafloor seep

Indexed keywords

AIR GUNS; FOCUSED-FLOW; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDRATE DISTRIBUTION; METHANE HYDRATE; MISSISSIPPI; MULTI RESOLUTIONS; SEA FLOORS; SEAFLOOR SEEP; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC MODELING; SHALLOW GAS; SMALL SCALE; UPWARD ADVECTION;

ADVECTION; ELECTRON GUNS; GUNS (ARMAMENT); HYDRATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); METHANE; SEISMOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; IMAGING METHOD; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI CANYON;

EID: 53349162668     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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