Occurrence and seismic characteristics of gas hydrate in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 236-247

  Yoo, Dong G ^a   Kang, Nyeon K ^a   Yi, Bo Y ^a   Kim, Gil Y ^a   Ryu, Byong J ^a   Lee, Keumsuk ^b   Lee, Gwang H ^c   Riedel, M ^d  

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

^b KOR National Oil Corporation ^*  (South Korea)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multi channel seismic data; Occurrence types; Seismic indicators of gas hydrate; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; GAS HYDRATE BEARING SEDIMENTS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC DATUM; OCCURRENCE TYPES; ULLEUNG BASIN;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CHIMNEYS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; GASES; HYDRATION; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GAS HYDRATES;

AMPLITUDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GAS HYDRATE; GAS SEEPAGE; MASS TRANSPORT; P-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE; WELL LOGGING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 84883460073     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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