Seismic reflection data: Their utility in estimation of gas hydrates in deep marine sediments

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-520

  Shankar, Uma ^a   Satyavani, N ^a   Sinha, Babita ^a   Thakur, N K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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