Gas origin and migration in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea: Results from the Second Ulleung Basin Gas Hydrate Drilling Expedition (UBGH2)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-124

  Choi, Jiyoung ^a,b   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Torres, Marta E ^c   Hong, Wei Li ^c   Lee, Jin Woo ^d   Yi, Bo Yeon ^a   Bahk, Jang Jun ^a   Lee, Kyung Eun ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AOM; Gas hydrate; Methanogenesis; Migration pathway; Stable isotopes; UBGH2

Indexed keywords

AOM; METHANOGENESIS; MIGRATION PATHWAY; STABLE ISOTOPES; UBGH2;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHIMNEYS; GASES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WELL DRILLING;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DRILLING; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 84883457086     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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