Core lithologies and their constraints on gas-hydrate occurrence in the East Sea, offshore Korea: Results from the site UBGH1-9

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1943-1952

  Bahk, Jang Jun ^a   Um, In Kwon ^a   Holland, Melanie ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b GEOTEK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Grain size; Lithology; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

CHLORINITY; CORE SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS FLOWS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; PORE FILLING; PORE VOLUME; PORE WATERS; SAND CONTENT; SAND LAYER; SAND-BEDS; SEDIMENT FACIES; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPLIT-CORE; THERMAL ANOMALIES; ULLEUNG BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ASSOCIATED GAS; DEBRIS; GASES; HYDRATION; LITHOLOGY; METHANE; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CORE ANALYSIS; DEBRIS FLOW; FACIES ANALYSIS; GAS HYDRATE; GAS SUPPLY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LITHOLOGY; METHANE; SATURATION; TURBIDITE;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 82455175358     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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