Electrical properties of polycrystalline methane hydrate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Du Frane, Wyatt L ^a   Stern, Laura A ^b   Weitemeyer, Karen A ^c   Constable, Steven ^c   Pinkston, John C ^b   Roberts, Jeffery J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRATION; ICE; METHANE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; ICE SAMPLES; IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM; IN-SITU; METHANE HYDRATES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE ICE; PRESSURE CELL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEISMIC METHODS; THERMAL MONITORING;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; ICE FIELD; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79956350207     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047243     Document Type: Article

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