Seafloor in-situ heat flow measurements in the deep-water area of the northern slope, South China Sea

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2161-2170

  Li, Ya Min ^a,b   Luo, Xian Hu ^c   Xu, Xing ^c   Yang, Xiao Qiu ^a,b   Shi, Xiao Bin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Seafloor in situ heat flow; The northern slope of the South China Sea; The temperature gradient; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEEP WATER; DIAPIR; GAS HYDRATE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SEAFLOOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79957853595     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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