Microstructure characteristics during hydrate formation and dissociation revealed by X-ray tomographic microscopy

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 555-562

  Klapp, Stephan A ^a,b,g   Enzmann, Frieder ^c   Walz, Peter ^b   Huthwelker, Thomas ^d   Tuckermann, Jürgen ^c   Schwarz, J Oliver ^c   Pape, Thomas ^a   Peltzer, Edward T ^b   Mokso, Rajmund ^d   Wangner, David ^a   Marone, Federica ^d   Kersten, Michael ^c   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a   Kuhs, Werner F ^e   Stampanoni, Marco ^d,f   Brewer, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HYDRATE DECOMPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X-RAYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSTRUCTURES; UNDERWATER ROBOTICS; X RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPIES;

GAS HYDRATES;

BUBBLE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84869149707     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-012-0276-0     Document Type: Article

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