Anomalous porosity preservation and preferential accumulation of gas hydrate in the Andaman accretionary wedge, NGHP-01 site 17A

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 99-116

  Rose, Kelly K ^a,b   Johnson, Joel E ^c   Torres, Marta E ^b   Hong, Wei Li ^b   Giosan, Liviu ^d   Solomon, Evan A ^e   Kastner, Miriam ^f   Cawthern, Thomas ^c,i   Long, Philip E ^g   Todd Schaef, H ^h  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Gas hydrate; Grain size; Indian Ocean; Permeability; Porosity; Saturation; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GAS HYDRATE SATURATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; INDIAN OCEAN; ION ACTIVITY PRODUCTS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; SECONDARY PRECIPITATES; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY; VOLCANIC ASH;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84914165058     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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