OBS imaging of gas hydrates off SW Taiwan - The first phase of geological exploration

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 655-659

  Wang, T K ^a   Lee, C S ^a   Chen, C W ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Chen, S C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Central Geological Survey MOEA

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHIBITIONS; GASES; HYDRATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; FREE GASSES; GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATIONS; HYDRATE FORMATIONS; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; WAVE VELOCITIES;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 55549141172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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