Short migration of methane into a gas hydrate-bearing sand layer at Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-291

  Cook, Ann E ^a,b   Malinverno, Alberto ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

fluid migration; Gulf of Mexico; methane hydrate

Indexed keywords

GASES; HYDRATION; METHANATION; METHANE; SAND; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DISSOLVED METHANE; FLUID MIGRATION; GULF OF MEXICO; KEYPOINTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METER SCALE; METHANE HYDRATES; SAND LAYER;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; NATURAL GAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; WALKER RIDGE;

EID: 84876736836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20040     Document Type: Article

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