Geological evolution and analysis of confirmed or suspected gas hydrate localities: Volume 10, Basin analysis, formation and stability of gas hydrates of the Aleutian Trench and the Bering Sea

• Main Authors: Krason, J., Ciesnik, M.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: 03 NATURAL GAS; BERING SEA; NATURAL GAS HYDRATE DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; SEISMIC SURVEYS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CARBON; DRILL CORES; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ELEMENTS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDRATES; ISLANDS; MATERIALS; MEASURING METHODS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; Bering Sea; Pacific; Atka; Navarin; Atka Basin; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5699885; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5699885; https://doi.org/10.2172/5699885

Four major areas with inferred gas hydrates are the subject of this study. Two of these areas, the Navarin and the Norton Basins, are located within the Bering Sea shelf, whereas the remaining areas of the Atka Basin in the central Aleutian Trench system and the eastern Aleutian Trench represent a h...