Seabed morphology and gas venting features in the continental slope region of Krishna-Godavari basin, Bay of Bengal: Implications in gas-hydrate exploration

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1628-1641

  Dewangan, P ^a   Ramprasad, T ^a   Ramana, M V ^a   Mazumdar, A ^a   Desa, M ^a   Badesab, F K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

BSR; Echo facies; Gas hydrates; Shale diapir; Shale tectonics; Toe thrust

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; BSR; COLD SEEPS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECHO FACIES; GAS VENTING; HIGH RESOLUTION; MIOCENE; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; MULTIBEAM DATA; OFFSHORE BASIN; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; PETROLIFEROUS BASINS; SEABED MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW STRUCTURE; STUDY AREAS; SUBBOTTOM PROFILERS; SUBSURFACE LAYER; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TURBID LAYERS; UPWARD MOVEMENT;

GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; ECHO SOUNDER; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; MIOCENE; OIL PRODUCTION; OVERBURDEN; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VENTING;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

EID: 77954659385     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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