Gas hydrate characterization and grain-scale imaging of recovered cores from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 394-403

  Stern, Laura A ^a   Lorenson, Thomas D ^a   Pinkston, John C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gas chromatography; Gas hydrate; Mount Elbert; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORMING GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSIS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; HYDRATE PHASE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOUNT ELBERT; PHYSICAL STATE; PORE FILLING; PORE THROAT; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; QUARTZ SAND; SEDIMENT GRAINS; SEM;

CRYOGENICS; DIFFRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; MICA; MOUNTINGS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGING METHOD; METHANE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELL TESTING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651426699     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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