Mechanisms by which methane gas and methane hydrate coexist in ocean sediments

Offshore Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1011-1033

  Behseresht, Javad ^a   Peng, Yao ^a   Prodanović, Maša ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a   Jain, Antone K ^b   Juanes, Ruben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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