Ocean warming and gas hydrate stability on the mid-Norwegian margin at the Storegga Slide

Ormen Lange - An Integrated Study for Safe Field Development in the Storegga Submarine Area

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 233-244

  Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Vanneste, Maarten ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Andreassen, Karin ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^b   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE STABILITIES; NORWEGIAN MARGIN; OCEAN WARMING; STOREGGA SLIDE;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84903024142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.018     Document Type: Chapter

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