Gas hydrate occurrences in the Qilian Mountain permafrost, Qinghai Province, China

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 93-104

  Lu, Zhengquan ^a   Zhu, Youhai ^a   Zhang, Yongqin ^a   Wen, Huaijun ^b   Li, Yonghong ^b   Liu, Changling ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Qinghai No 105 Coal Geological Exploration Team   (China)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; China; Gas hydrate; Permafrost; Qilian Mountain

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; CHARACTERISTICS; CHINA; CLATHRATES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HYDRATE STRUCTURES; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; MEDIUM-GRAINED SANDSTONES; PORE SPACE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI PROVINCE; RAMAN SPECTRA; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; SILTSTONES; STUDY AREAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ASSOCIATED GAS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GASES; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; PERMAFROST; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WELLS;

GAS HYDRATES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLATHRATE; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; PERMAFROST; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SANDSTONE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

EID: 79952626047     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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