Gas hydrate formation rates from dissolved-phase methane in porous laboratory specimens

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4310-4315

  Waite, W F ^a   Spangenberg, E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

dissolved phase; formation rate; hydrate; methane

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING WATERS; DISSOLVED PHASE; FORMATION RATES; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS;

DISSOLUTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LABORATORIES; METHANE;

GAS HYDRATES;

DISSOLVED GAS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84881650290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50809     Document Type: Article

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