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7. Bibliography

         7.1   Gas Hydrate Sample Database
         7.2   Methane Hydrate Phase Boundary Estimates
         7.3   Cited in Text
         7.4   Gas Hydrate Overviews


7.1  Gas Hydrate Sample Database

Brooks, J.M., Cox, H.B., Bryant, W.R., Kennicutt, M.C., II, Mann, R.G., and MacDonald, T.J., 1986, Association of gas hydrates and oil seepage in the Gulf of Mexico: Organic Geochemistry, v. 10, p. 221-234.

Brooks, J.M., Field, M.E., Kennicutt, M.C., II, 1991, Observations of gas hydrates in marine sediments, offshore northern California: Marine Geology, v. 96, p. 103-109.

Brooks, J.M., Anderson, A.L., Sassen, R., MacDonald, I.R., Kennicutt, M.C., II, and Guinasso, N.L., Jr., 1994, Hydrate occurrence in shallow subsurface cores from continental slope sediments, in Sloan, E.D., Jr., Happel, J., and Hnatow, M.A., eds.: International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 715, p. 381-391.

Ginsburg, G.D., Guseynov, R.A., Dadeshev, A.A., Ivanova, G.A., Kazantsev, S.A., Solov'yev, V.A., Telepnev, E.V. , Askeri-Nasirov, R.Ye., Yesikov, A.D., Mal'tseva, V.I., Mashirov, Yu.G., Shabayeva, I.Yu., 1992, Gas hydrates of the southern Caspian: International Geology Review, v. 34, p. 765-782.

Ginsburg, G.D., Soloviev, V.A., Cranston, R.E., Lorenson, T.D., and Kvenvolden, K.A.,1993, Gas hydrates from the continental slope, offshore Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 13.p. 41-48.

Harrison, W.E., and Curiale, J.A., 1982, Gas hydrates in sediments of holes 497 and 498A, in Aubouin, J., von Huene, R., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 67, p. 591-594.

Kvenholden, K.A., and Barnard, L.A., 1983, Gas hydrates of the Blake Outer Ridge, Site 533, in Sheridan, R.E., Gradstein, F., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 76, p. 353-365.

Kvenvolden, K.A., and MacDonald, T.J., 1985, Gas hydrates of the Middle America Trench-Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 84, in von Huene, R., Aubouin, J., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 84, p. 667-682.

Kvenvolden, K.A., and Kastner, M., 1990, Gas hydrates of the Peruvian outer continental margin, in Suess, E.R., von Huene, R., and others, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 112, p. 517-526.

Mathews, M.A., and von Huene, R., 1984, Site 570 methane hydrate zone,in von Huene, R., Aubouin, J., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 84, p. 773-790.

Pflaum, R.C., Brooks, J.M., Cox, H.B., Kennicutt, M.C., II, and Sheu, Der-Duen, 1986, Molecular and isotopic analysis of core gases and gas hydrates, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 86, in Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M., Meyer, A.W., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 96, p. 781-784.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 66), 1982a, Site 490, in Watkins, J.S., Moore, J.C., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 66, p. 151-217.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 66), 1982b, Site 491, in Watkins, J.S., Moore, J.C., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government, Washington, D.C., v. 66, p. 219-287.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 66), 1982c, Site 492, in Watkins, J.S., Moore, J.C., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government, Washington, D.C., v. 66, p. 289-340.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 67), 1982a, Site 497: Middle America Trench upper slope, in Aubouin, J., von Huene, R., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 67, p. 193-243.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 67), 1982b, Site 498: Middle America Trench lower slope, in Aubouin, J., von Huene, R., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 67, p. 245-266.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 84), 1985a, Site 565, in von Huene, R., Aubouin, J., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 68, p. 21-77.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 84), 1985b, Site 568, in von Huene, R., Aubouin, J., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 67, p. 167-232.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 84), 1985c, Site 570, in von Huene, R., Aubouin, J., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 67, p. 283-336.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 146), 1994, Site 892, in Westbrook, G.K., Carson, B., Musgrave, R.J., and others, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Initital Reports, 146 (Pt.1), College Station, Tex., (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 301-378.

Shipboard Scientific Party (hole 796), 1990, Site 796, in Tamake, K., Pisciotto, K., Allen, J., and others, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program,: Initital Reports, 127, College Station, Tex., (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 247-322.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 131), 1991, Site 808, in Taira, A., Hill, I., Firth, J.V., and others, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Initital Reports, 131, College Station, Tex., (Ocean Drilling Program), p. 71-269.

Shipboard Scientific Party (leg 96), 1986, Site 618, in Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M., Meyer, A.W., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 96, p. 399-421.

Shipboard Scientific Party (Leg 76), 1983, Site 533: Blake Outer Ridge, in Sheridan, R.E., Gradstein, F., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 76, p. 35-85.

Shipley, T.H., and Didyk, B.M., 1982, Occurrence of methane hydrates offshore southern Mexico, in Watkins, J.S., Moore, J.C., and others, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., v. 66, p. 547-555.

Soloviev, V., and Ginsburg, G.D., 1994, Formation of submarine gas hydrates: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, vol, 41, p. 86-94.

7.2  Methane Hydrate Phase Boundary Estimates

Methane hydrate phase boundary estimates, Claypool, G.E., and Kaplan, I.R., 1974, The origin and distribution of methane in marine sediments, in Kaplan, I.R., ed., Natural Gases in Marine Sediments: New York, Plenum Press, p. 99-139.

Dickens, G.R., and Quinby-Hunt, M.S., 1994, Methane hydrate stability in seawater: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 21, p. 2115-2118.

Englezos, p. , and Bishnoy, p. R., 1988, Prediction of gas hydrate formation conditions in aqueous electrolyte solutions: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, v. 34, p. 1718-1721.

John, V.T., Papdopolous, K.D., and Holder, G.D., 1985, A generalized model for predicting equilibrium conditions for hydrates: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, v. 10, p. 202-205.

Seitz, J.C., and Pasteris, J.D., 1990, Theoretical and practical aspects of differential partitioning of gases by clathrate in fluid inclusions: Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, v. 54, p. 631-639.

Sloan, E.D., Jr.,1990, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases: Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 641 p. 15.

7.3  Cited in text

Brooks, J.M., Field, M.E., and Kennicutt, M.C., II, 1991, Observations of gas hydrates in marine sediments, offshore northern California: Marine Geology, v. 96, p. 103--109.

Brooks, J.M., Anderson, A.L., Sassen, R., MacDonald, I.R., Kennicutt, M.C., II, and Guinasso, N.L., Jr., 1994, Hydrate occurrence in shallow subsurface cores from continental slope sediments, in Sloan, E.D., Jr., Happel, J., and Hnatow, M.A., eds., International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 715, p. 381-391.

Li Floodgate, G., and Judd, A.G., 1992, The origins of shallow gas: Continental Shelf Research, v. 12, p. 1145-1156.

Hyndman, R.D., and Davis, E.E, 1992, A mechanism for the formation of methane hydrate and seafloor bottom-simulating reflectors by vertical fluid expulsion: Journal of Geophsical Research, v. 97, No.B5, p. 7025-7041.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Ginsburg, G.D., and Solovev, V.A., 1993, Worldwide distribution of subacquatic gas hydrates: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 13, p. 32-40.

Parkes, R.J., Cragg, B.A., Fry, J.C., Herbert, R.A., and Wimpenny, J.T., 1990, Bacterial biomass and activity in deep sediment layers from the Peru margin, v. A331, p. 139-153.

Sloan, E.D., Jr.,1990, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases: New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 641 p.

7.4  Gas hydrate overviews

Cox, J.L., ed., 1983, Natural Gas Hydrates: properties, occurrence, and recovery: Woburn, Butterworth Publishers, 125 p.

Kaplan, I.R., ed., 1974, Natural Gases in Marine Sediments: New York, Plenum Press, 324 p.

Sloan, E.D., Jr., 1990, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases: New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 641 p.

Englezos, p. , 1993, Clathrate Hydrates: Ind.Eng.Chem.Res., v. 32, p. 1251-1274.


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