Gas hydrate dissociation and sea-floor collapse in the wake of the Storegga Slide, Norway

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 12, Issue C, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Berndt, Christian ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Vanneste, Maarten ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a  

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EID: 77957070401     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(05)80055-4     Document Type: Article

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