Mass transport deposits and gas hydrate occurrences in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea - Part 1: Mapping sedimentation patterns using seismic coherency

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-104

  Scholz, N A ^a   Riedel, M ^a,b   Bahk, J J ^c   Yoo, D G ^c   Ryu, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Depositional environments; Gas hydrate; Gliding tracks; Mass transport deposits; Outrunner blocks; Pressure ridges; Seismic coherency attribute

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLIDING TRACKS; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; OUTRUNNER BLOCKS; PRESSURE RIDGE; SEISMIC COHERENCY ATTRIBUTE;

DEPOSITS; DRILLS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GASES; HYDRATION; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAS HYDRATES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE; MAPPING; MASS TRANSPORT; P-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLOPE FAILURE; TURBIDITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 84861688421     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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