Multidisciplinary investigations exploring indicators of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna-Godavari Basin offshore, east coast of India

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Ramana, M V ^a   Ramprasad, T ^a   Paropkari, A L ^a   Borole, D V ^a   Ramalingeswara Rao, B ^a   Karisiddaiah, S M ^a   Desa, M ^a   Kocherla, M ^a   Joao, H M ^a   Lokabharati, P ^a   Gonsalves, Maria Judith ^a   Pattan, J N ^a   Khadge, N H ^a   Prakash Babu, C ^a   Sathe, A V ^b   Kumar, P ^b   Sethi, A K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ONGC   (India)

^c Directorate General of Hydrocarbons   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; CLAY MINERALS; EARTHQUAKES; FIRE HAZARDS; GASES; HYDRATION; LANDFORMS; METHANATION; METHANE; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORGANIC CARBON; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER;

CARBON CONTENTS; CORE SEDIMENTS; DEEP DRILLING; EAST COAST; FREQUENCY CHIRPING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; MASS FLOWS; METHANE DERIVED AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC (MCS); PORE WATERS; SULPHATE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

GAS HYDRATES;

DEEP DRILLING; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; METHANE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SONAR; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58649115367     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-008-0121-7     Document Type: Article

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