Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.015

Title: Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization

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; Flemings, Peter B.; You, Kehua; Meyer, Dylan W.;

Publication Date:: 2019-11-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1531197

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0010406; FE0028967; FE0023919

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Marine and Petroleum Geology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Marine and Petroleum Geology Journal Volume: 109 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0264-8172

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Phillips, Stephen C., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, Meyer, Dylan W., and Dong, Tiannong. Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Phillips, Stephen C., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, Meyer, Dylan W., & Dong, Tiannong. Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization.  United Kingdom.  doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.015.

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                    Phillips, Stephen C., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, Meyer, Dylan W., and Dong, Tiannong. Fri .  
        "Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization".  United Kingdom.  doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.015.

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@article{osti_1531197,

  title        = {Investigation of in situ salinity and methane hydrate dissociation in coarse-grained sediments by slow, stepwise depressurization},

  author       = {Phillips, Stephen C. and Flemings, Peter B. and You, Kehua and Meyer, Dylan W. and Dong, Tiannong},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.06.015},

  journal      = {Marine and Petroleum Geology},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 109,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {11}

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