Natural gas hydrate investigations by synchrotron radiation X-ray cryo-tomographic microscopy (SRXCTM)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Murshed, M Mangir ^a   Klapp, Stephan A ^b   Enzmann, Frieder ^a   Szeder, Thore ^a   Huthwelker, Thomas ^c   Stampanoni, Marco ^c,d   Marone, Federica ^c   Hintermüller, Christoph ^c   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^b   Kuhs, Werner F ^e   Kersten, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYDRATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; NATURAL GAS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BEAM LINES; GRAIN BOUNDARY NETWORKS; GULF OF MEXICO; MICROSCOPIC FEATURES; NATURAL GAS HYDRATES; PETRO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE AREAS; SWISS LIGHT SOURCES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

GAS HYDRATES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAS HYDRATE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MARINE RESOURCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL GAS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 60149093748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035460     Document Type: Article

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