Mass-transport deposits and gas hydrate occurrences in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea - Part 2: Gas hydrate content and fracture-induced anisotropy

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-90

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

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture anisotropy; Gas hydrate; Mass transport deposits; Seismic facies mapping

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS; ARCHIE'S LAW; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; DIP-AZIMUTH; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FRACTURE PATTERN; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; INTERNAL REFLECTIVITY; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PARALLEL FRACTURES; PORE FILLING; PORE WATERS; REFLECTION AMPLITUDE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEISMIC FACIES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; ULLEUNG BASIN;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOGGING; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANISOTROPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GAS HYDRATE; MASS TRANSPORT; P-WAVE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TURBIDITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 84861704405     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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