Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004
Gas hydrates are icy substances that occur naturally beneath the world's oceans and in polar regions. These deposits contain vast and potentially unstable reserves of methane and other natural gases, which have been blamed for everything from abrupt climate change to the disappearances of ships...
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ftunivcanter:oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/13971 2023-05-15T13:49:25+02:00 Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 Baker, Narelle 2005 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13971 English en eng University of Canterbury http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13971 All Rights Reserved Theses / Dissertations 2005 ftunivcanter 2022-09-08T13:33:53Z Gas hydrates are icy substances that occur naturally beneath the world's oceans and in polar regions. These deposits contain vast and potentially unstable reserves of methane and other natural gases, which have been blamed for everything from abrupt climate change to the disappearances of ships in the Bermuda Triangle. This review will briefly define the structure and outline the distribution and importance of gas hydrates in global context. All research undertaken on the continental margin on Antarctica that relates to gas hydrates will then be reviewed. It will be shown that these studies are very limited, both spatially and temporally, and largely consist of one-off drilling projects with principle aims other than locating gas hydrates. This appears largely to be due to the remoteness on the Antarctic and the non-viability of energy-driven mineral extraction in the region. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica University of Canterbury, Christchurch: UC Research Repository Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Gas hydrates are icy substances that occur naturally beneath the world's oceans and in polar regions. These deposits contain vast and potentially unstable reserves of methane and other natural gases, which have been blamed for everything from abrupt climate change to the disappearances of ships in the Bermuda Triangle. This review will briefly define the structure and outline the distribution and importance of gas hydrates in global context. All research undertaken on the continental margin on Antarctica that relates to gas hydrates will then be reviewed. It will be shown that these studies are very limited, both spatially and temporally, and largely consist of one-off drilling projects with principle aims other than locating gas hydrates. This appears largely to be due to the remoteness on the Antarctic and the non-viability of energy-driven mineral extraction in the region. |
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Baker, Narelle Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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Gas (methane) hydrates in Antarctica: A review of research on gas hydrates in the Antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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gas (methane) hydrates in antarctica: a review of research on gas hydrates in the antarctic continental margin, 1975-2004 |
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University of Canterbury |
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2005 |
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