Abstract
EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION,
VOL. 87, NO. 33,
PAGE 325, 2006
doi:10.1029/2006EO330002
FEATURE
Gas hydrate transect across Northern Cascadia Margin
Natural Resources Canada, Sidney
U.S. Geological Survey Denver, Colo.
IODP-Texas A&M University, College Station
Diatom Minilab Ltd., Hannim Saitama, Japan
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Southampton Oceanography Centre, U.K.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.
Koichi University, Japan
University of Bremen, Germany
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Geotek, Daventry U.K.
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, U.K.
Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, Japan
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif.
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon
Texas A&M University, College Station
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point
Geotek, Daventry U.K.
Bundesanstalt fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Germany
Oregon State University, Corvallis
Oregon State University, Corvallis
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
University of Toronto, Canada
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Gas hydrate is a solid compound mainly comprised of methane and water that is stable under low temperature and high pressure conditions. Usually found in offshore environments with water depths exceeding about 500 meters and in arctic regions associated with permafrost, gas hydrates form an efficient storage system for natural gas. Hence, they may represent an important future energy resource [e.g., Kvenvolden, 1988]. Gas hydrates also form a natural geo-hazard, and may play a significant role in global climate change [e.g., Dillon et al., 2001].
Citation: (2006), Gas hydrate transect across Northern Cascadia Margin, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(33), 325, doi:10.1029/2006EO330002.
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