Numerical modeling of gas hydrate accumulation in the marine sediments of Shenhu Area, Northern South China Sea

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1285-1292

  He, Li Juan ^a   Lei, Xing Lin ^b   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas chimney; Gas hydrate; Numerical modeling; Shenhu area

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GEOACCUMULATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHENHU; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79957838920     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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