Gas hydrate drilling transect across northern Cascadia margin - IODP Expedition 311

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 319, Issue , 2009, Pages 11-19

  Riedel, M ^a   Collett, Timothy S ^d   Malone, M J ^c   Mitchell, Malone ^d   Guèrin, Gilles ^d   Akiba, Fumio ^d   Blanc Valleron, Marie Madeleine ^d   Ellis, Michelle ^d   Hashimoto, Yoshitaka ^d   Heuer, Verena ^d   Higashi, Yosuke ^d   Holland, Melanie ^d   Jackson, Peter D ^d   Kaneko, Masanori ^d   Kastner, Miriam ^d   Kim, Ji Hoon ^d   Kitajima, Hiroko ^d   Long, Philip E ^d   Malinverno, Alberto ^d   Myers, Greg ^d   Palekar, Leena D ^d   Pohlman, John ^d   Schultheiss, Peter ^d   Teichert, Barbara ^d   Torres, Marta E ^d   Tréhu, Anne M ^d   Wang, Jiasheng ^d   Worthmann, Ulrich G ^d   Yoshioka, Hidoyoshi ^d   more..

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DRILLING; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR; TURBIDITE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349191563     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP319.2     Document Type: Article

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