Gas hydrate associated with mud diapirs in southern Okinawa Trough

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1413-1418

  Ning, Xu ^a,b   Shiguo, Wu ^b,c   Buqing, Shi ^a   Bing, Lu ^a   Liangqing, Xue ^a   Xiujuan, Wang ^b   Ying, Jia ^a  

^a China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Mud diapir; Okinawa Trough; Seismic attribute; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; FREE GAS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GENERATION MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLOW VALUE; HEAT FLOWS; HYDRATE FORMATION; IMPEDANCE INVERSION; MUD DIAPIR; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OKINAWA TROUGH; SATURATED GAS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; VELOCITY ANALYSIS;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GASES; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GAS HYDRATES;

DIAPIR; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 67650468885     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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