Free gas and gas hydrates from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Chemical and structural characterization

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 197-206

  Bourry, Christophe ^a   Chazallon, Bertrand ^b   Charlou, Jean Luc ^a   Pierre Donval, Jean ^a   Ruffine, Livio ^a   Henry, Pierre ^c   Geli, Louis ^a   Çagatay, M Namik ^d   Inan, Sedat ^e   Moreau, Myriam ^f  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Gas bubbles; Gas hydrate; Isotopes; Sea of Marmara; Thermogenic gas

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NATURAL GAS; P-T CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 67349208778     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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