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Descriptions of Natural Gas Hydrate - Atlantic
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Geographic
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Core/
Sample
Count: |
Latitude/
Longitude: |
H2O
Depth
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Sed
Depth
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Description: |
A6 |
Gulf of Mexico
(Texas and Louisiana) |
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DSDP
Leg 96,
Site 618 |
2 samps |
26°56’N/
91°19’W |
2400 |
20 |
Nodules, crystals in mud. |
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Green
Canyon |
14 cores |
~27°43’N/
~90°00’W |
530 - 880 |
1.2 - 4.8 |
Nodules, layers in rubble. |
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Garden
Banks |
1 core |
27°36’N/
92°11’W |
850 |
2.8 & 3.8 |
Nodules, layers in rubble. |
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Mississippi
Canyon |
1 core |
28°03’N/
88°59’W |
1300 |
~3.8 |
Pieces in coarse sediment. |
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Bush
Hill |
1 core |
27°47.5’N/
91°15.0’W |
540 |
0 |
Mounds at seafloor. |
A8 |
Blake Ridge
(Southeastern USA) |
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DSDP
Leg 76,
Site 533 |
1 samp |
31°15.6’N/
74°54.2’W |
3191 |
238 |
Fragment in mud. |
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ODP
Leg 164,
Site 994 |
2 cores |
31°47.1’N/
75°32.8’W |
2799 |
260 |
Fragments in clay. |
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ODP
Leg 164,
Site 996 |
5 cores |
32°29.6’N/
76°11.5’W |
2170 |
0 - 66 |
Nodules, veins in mud. |
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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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