P-wave and S-wave velocity structure of northern Cascadia margin gas hydrates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1363-1377

  Dash, Ranjan ^a   Spence, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas and hydrate systems; Inverse theory; Ocean drilling; Permeability and porosity; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; CASCADIA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FORWARD MODELLING; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; INVERSE THEORY; LOAD-BEARING; LOG DATA; MATRIX; MEAN VELOCITIES; MODEL DATA; OBS DATA; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PORE SPACE; ROCK PHYSICS MODEL; S-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; S-WAVES; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE-CHANNEL; TRAVEL TIME; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; VELOCITY PROFILES; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ASSOCIATED GAS; HYDRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 81555205734     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05215.x     Document Type: Article

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