FORMATION OF THE BOTTOM-SIMULATING REFLECTOR AND ITS LINK TO VERTICAL FLUID FLOW

Many places where natural gas hydrate occurs have a regionally extensive, bottom-simulating seismic reflector (BSR) at the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). This reflection marks the top of an underlying free-gas zone (FGZ). Usually, hydrate recycling (that produces gas as the stabili...

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Main Authors: Haacke, R. Ross, Westbrook, Graham K., Hyndman, Roy D.
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
BSR
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1050