Migration and venting of deep gases into the ocean through hydrate-choked chimneys offshore Korea

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-534

  Haacke, R R ^a,b,d   Hyndman, R D ^a,b   Park, K P ^c   Yoo, D G ^c   Stoian, I ^b   Schmidt, U ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT ZONES; DEEP RESERVOIRS; DEEP SOURCES; ESCAPE SYSTEM; FLUX SYSTEMS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GAS VENTING; GAS VENTS; HIGH FLUX; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PORE WATERS; PORE-FLUID SALINITY; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; SOURCE GAS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

CATCHMENTS; CHIMNEYS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY; VENTS; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VENTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 69649084346     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25681A.1     Document Type: Article

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