A Global Inventory of Natural Gas Hydrate Occurrence

Descriptions of Natural Gas Hydrate - Atlantic

Key:	Geographic Location:	Core/ Sample Count:	Latitude/ Longitude:	H₂O Depth (m):	Sed Depth (m):	Description:
A6	Gulf of Mexico (Texas and Louisiana)
	DSDP Leg 96, Site 618	2 samps	26°56’N/ 91°19’W	2400	20	Nodules, crystals in mud.
	Green Canyon	14 cores	~27°43’N/ ~90°00’W	530 - 880	1.2 - 4.8	Nodules, layers in rubble.
	Garden Banks	1 core	27°36’N/ 92°11’W	850	2.8 & 3.8	Nodules, layers in rubble.
	Mississippi Canyon	1 core	28°03’N/ 88°59’W	1300	~3.8	Pieces in coarse sediment.
	Bush Hill	1 core	27°47.5’N/ 91°15.0’W	540	0	Mounds at seafloor.
A8	Blake Ridge (Southeastern USA)
	DSDP Leg 76, Site 533	1 samp	31°15.6’N/ 74°54.2’W	3191	238	Fragment in mud.
	ODP Leg 164, Site 994	2 cores	31°47.1’N/ 75°32.8’W	2799	260	Fragments in clay.
	ODP Leg 164, Site 996	5 cores	32°29.6’N/ 76°11.5’W	2170	0 - 66	Nodules, veins in mud.
	ODP Leg 164, Site 997	1 samp	31°50.6’N/ 75°18.1’W	2770	331	Massive core (~30 cm).
A15	Haakon-Mosby Mud Volcano (Norway)	11 samps	72°00.3’N/ 14°43.5’E	~1255	0 - 3	Inclusions and plates.
A18	Niger Delta (Nigeria)	6 cores	~03°40’S/ ~06°00’W	561 - 770	0 - 4.6	Nodules, dispersed in clay.

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