Gas hydrates associated with gas chimneys in fine-grained sediments of the northern South China Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 311-314, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Sun, Yunbao ^a,b   Wu, Shiguo ^a   Dong, Dongdong ^a   Lüdmann, Thomas ^c   Gong, Yuehua ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MLR   (China)

Author keywords

Fine grained sediment; Gas chimney; Gas hydrate system; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC DATA; AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES; COARSE SEDIMENT; CONNECTED NETWORKS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEPWATER BASINS; DELTA SEQUENCE; DRILL HOLE; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INSTANTANEOUS AMPLITUDE; INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOGGING DATA; LOW FREQUENCY; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CHIMNEYS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DRILLING; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; OVERPRESSURE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84862002069     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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