Stages of gas-hydrate evolution on the Northern Cascadia margin

Scientific Drilling

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Riedel, Michael ^a   Collett, T S ^d   Malone, Mitchell J ^c   Riedel, M ^d   Malone, M ^d   Guerin G ^d   Akiba, F ^d   Blanc Valleron, M M ^d   Ellis, M ^d   Hashimoto, Y ^d   Heuer, V ^d   Higashi, Y ^d   Holland, M ^d   Jackson, P D ^d   Kaneko, M ^d   Kastner, M ^d   Kim, J H ^d   Kitajima, H ^d   Long, P E ^d   Malinverno, A ^d   Myers, G ^d   Palekar, L D ^d   Pohlman, J ^d   Schultheiss, P ^d   Teichert, B ^d   Torres, M E ^d   Trehu A M ^d   Wang, J ^d   Wortmann, U G ^d   Yoshioka, H ^d   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 78049528401     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.3.04.2006     Document Type: Article

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