Grain size measurements of natural gas hydrates

Marine Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 85-94

  Klapp, Stephan A ^a   Hemes, Susanne ^b   Klein, Helmut ^b   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a   MacDonald, Ian ^c   Kuhs, Werner F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Crystallite size distribution; Gas hydrates; Grain sizes; Gulf of Mexico; Indian Ocean; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENT; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; METHANE HYDRATES; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRATION; LOCATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHANE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS HYDRATE; GRAIN SIZE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NATURAL GAS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77954876510     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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