Gas hydrates from the continental slope, offshore Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea

Geo-Marine Letters
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Abstract

Ten gas-vent fields were discovered in the Okhotsk Sea on the northeast continental slope offshore from Sakhalin Island in water depths of 620-1040 m. At one vent field, estimated to be more than 250 m across, gas hydrates, containing mainly microbial methane (??13C = -64.3???), were recovered from subbottom depths of 0.3-1.2 m. The sediment, having lenses and bedded layers of gas hydrate, contained 30-40% hydrate per volume of wet sediment. Although gas hydrates were not recovered at other fields, geochemical and thermal measurements suggest that gas hydrates are present. ?? 1993 Springer-Verlag.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Gas hydrates from the continental slope, offshore Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea
Series title Geo-Marine Letters
DOI 10.1007/BF01204391
Volume 13
Issue 1
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher location Springer-Verlag
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Geo-Marine Letters
First page 41
Last page 48
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