Microbial methane generation and gas transport in shallow sediments of an accretionary complex, southern Hydrate Ridge (ODP Leg 204), offshore Oregon, USA

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results

Volumn 204, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Claypool, George E ^a   Milkov, Alexei V ^b   Lee, Young Joo ^c   Torres, Marta E ^d   Borowski, Walter S ^e   Tomaru, Hitoshi ^f  

^a Exploration and Production Technology Group ^*  (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

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

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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