First results from a marine controlled-source electromagnetic survey to detect gas hydrates offshore Oregon

Details First results from a marine controlled-source electromagnetic survey to detect gas hydrates offshore Oregon First results from a marine controlled-source electromagnetic survey to detect gas hydrates offshore Oregon

Feb 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3303304w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 3, CiteID L03304

Physics

Geophysics

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Exploration Geophysics: General Or Miscellaneous, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Gas And Hydrate Systems, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Marine Magnetics And Paleomagnetics (1550)

Scientific paper

Submarine gas hydrate is a hazard to drilling, a potential hydrocarbon resource, and has been implicated as a factor in both submarine slope stability and climate change. Bulk in situ electrical resistivities evaluated from electromagnetic surveys have the potential to provide an estimate of the total hydrate volume fraction more directly than by using seismic and well log data. We conducted a marine controlled-source electromagnetic sounding at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon, USA, in August, 2004. Electromagnetic fields transmitted by a deep-towed horizontal electric dipole source were measured by a linear array of 25 seafloor electromagnetic receivers, positioned 600 m apart to produce a dense coverage in the recorded electric field data. Results are presented in simple form by apparent resistivity pseudosections, which produce an approximate image of lateral resistivity variations across the study region. Resistivity values are consistent with those from well logs collected in the area and pseudosection features are correlated with seismic reflectors. Archie's Law, based on pseudosection apparent resistivities, predicts volumetric hydrate concentrations vary from 0-30% across the ridge.

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