Pore fluid geochemistry from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-342

  Torres, M E ^a   Collett, T S ^b   Rose, K K ^c   Sample, J C ^d   Agena, W F ^b   Rosenbaum, E J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Mt Elbert Well; Permafrost; Pore water; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; DIFFUSION MODEL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; ICE FORMATIONS; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; ION EXCLUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOGGING DATA; MT ELBERT WELL; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PORE FLUIDS; PORE SPACE; PORE WATERS; RESIDUAL FLUIDS; SALINITY CHANGE; SATURATION VALUES; SEDIMENT CORE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMAL MODEL; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER ISOTOPES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRATION; IONS; ISOTOPES; MOUNTINGS; PERMAFROST; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

CHLORIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING; FLUID INJECTION; GAS HYDRATE; GAS WELL; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; POREWATER; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651416486     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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