Thermogenic vent gas and gas hydrate in the gulf of Mexico slope: Is gas hydrate decomposition significant?

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-110

  Sassen, R ^a   Sweet, S T ^a   Milkov, A V ^a   DeFreitas, D A ^a   Kennicutt II, M C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Gas hydrates; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons; Methane; Recent sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; VENTS;

CLIMATE EFFECTS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE DECOMPOSITION; LARGE VOLUMES; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; RECENT SEDIMENTATION; WATER DEPTH;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; SEDIMENTATION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84879879374     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0107:TVGAGH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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