Compressional wave velocity measurements through sandy sediments containing methane hydrate

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1425-1432

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Li, Feng Guang ^a   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Li, Qing Ping ^b   Wu, Xiang Yang ^c   Liu, Bei ^a   Chen, Guang Jin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrate saturation; Methane hydrate; P wave velocity; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRATION; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVE VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; HYDRATE DISTRIBUTION; HYDRATE SATURATION; INITIAL SATURATION; LOW-CONVERSION RATIO; METHANE HYDRATES; P-WAVE VELOCITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

BRINE; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SAND; SEDIMENT; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 81455131987     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3681     Document Type: Article

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