The geochemical characteristics of the hydrate-bound gases from the Nyegga pockmark field, Norwegian Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-444

  Vaular, Espen N ^a   Barth, Tanja ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FORMATION; FREE GAS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; ISOBUTANES; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE VALUES; MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTION; POLYGONAL FAULT;

BUTANE; DEBRIS; ETHANE; GASES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PROPANE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALKANE; DATA ACQUISITION; GAS FIELD; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GLACIAL DEBRIS; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYGON; RECOVERY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77949915934     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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