Seafloor geophysical study in search of gas hydrates/gas related evidences in the deep waters of the western continental margin of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-555

  Shankar, Uma ^a   Ojha, Maheswar ^a   Sain, Kalachand ^a   Khanna, Ramesh ^a   Sudhakar, M ^b   Tyagi, Abhishek ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

And CTD; Gas hydrates; Hydrosweep; Parasound; WCMI

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; FLUIDIZATION; GAS HYDRATE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROFILER; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA-KONKAN BASIN; SAURASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57649124189     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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