Acoustic evidence for a gas migration and release system in Arctic glaciated continental margins offshore NW-Svalbard

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-49

  Rajan, Anupama ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic anomalies; Fluid migration; Gas expulsion; Gas hydrate; Glacial debris flow; Glacigenic sequence; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANOMALIES; FLUID MIGRATION; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIGENIC SEQUENCE; POCKMARKS;

DEBRIS; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SHELF BREAK; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84856738359     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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