The characteristics of gas hydrates recovered from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-418

  Lu, Hailong ^a   Lorenson, Thomas D ^b   Moudrakovski, Igor L ^a   Ripmeester, John A ^a   Collett, Timothy S ^c   Hunter, Robert B ^d   Ratcliffe, Chris I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ASRC Energy Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Crystal structure; Gas hydrate; Geochemistry; Hydration number; Isotope; North Slope

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS PRESSURIZATION; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; HYDRATION NUMBER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE GAS; NORTH SLOPE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SEDIMENT CORE; STRUCTURE TYPE; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGENIC ORIGIN;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CORE SAMPLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; LIQUID NITROGEN; LIQUIDS; METHANE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

CORE ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAS HYDRATE; GAS WELL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SATURATION; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651415609     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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