Escape of methane gas through sediment waves in a large methane hydrate province

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 467-470

  Holbrook, W S ^a   Lizarralde, D ^a   Pecher, I A ^a   Gorman, A R ^a   Hackwith, K L ^a   Hornbach, M ^a   Saffer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Methane hydrate; Reflection seismology; Sedimentary processes

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT WAVES;

EROSION; HYDRATES; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EMISSION; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879884216     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0467:EOMGTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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