Dynamic response of oceanic hydrates to sea level drop

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Xiaoli ^a   Flemings, Peter ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SLOPE STABILITY;

FLUID EXCHANGE; FLUID PRESSURES; GAS PRESSURES; GAS VENTING; HEAT-FLOW MODELS; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; SEA FLOOR; SLOPE FAILURE; UNDERPRESSURE; VERTICAL STRESS; WATER FLOWS;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; GAS FLOW; HEAT FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SLOPE FAILURE; VENTING;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 71949098794     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039821     Document Type: Article

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