Gas hydrate saturations estimated from fractured reservoir at Site NGHP-01-10, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Lee, M W ^a   Collett, T S ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GAS HYDRATE; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); MARINE RESOURCE; OCEAN BASIN; SATURATION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349868404     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006237     Document Type: Article

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