Elevated gas hydrate saturation within silt and silty clay sediments in the Shenhu area, South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xiujuan ^a   Hutchinson, Deborah R ^b   Wu, Shiguo ^a   Yang, Shengxiong ^c   Guo, Yiqun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MLR   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; P-WAVE; POREWATER; POROSITY; SATURATION; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SILTY CLAY; WAVE VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79958029447     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007944     Document Type: Article

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