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Science 27 July 1984:
Vol. 225. no. 4660, pp. 409 - 411
DOI: 10.1126/science.225.4660.409
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Thermogenic Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico

J. M. BROOKS 1, M. C. KENNICUTT II 1, R. R. FAY 1, T. J. MCDONALD 1, and ROGER SASSEN 2

1 Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843
2 Getty Oil Company Research Center, Houston, Texas 77042

Thermogenic gas hydrates were recovered from the upper few meters of bottom sediments in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The hydrates were associated with oil-stained cores at a water depth of 530 meters. The hydrates apparently occur sporadically in seismic "wipeout" zones of sediments in a region of the Gulf continental slope at least several hundred square kilometers in area.

Submitted on April 9, 1984
Accepted on May 22, 1984


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