Volume change associated with formation and dissociation of hydrate in sediment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lee, J Y ^a   Santamarina, J C ^b   Ruppel, C ^c  

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

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrate; Hydrate bearing sediment; Phase transformation; Strain

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DISSOCIATION; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRAIN; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; HIGH-SPECIFIC SURFACES; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE SATURATION; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; VOLUME REDUCTIONS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84905105023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002667     Document Type: Article

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