Investigating Gas Hydrates Using Seismic Multi-Component Ocean Bottom Cable Data

Abstract 1 O-04 INVESTIGATING GAS HYDRATES USING SEISMIC MULTI-COMPONENT OCEAN BOTTOM CABLE DATA AUTHORS 1 2 1 3 3 3 K. ANDREASSEN K.A.BERTEUSSEN J. MIENERT H. SOGNNES K. HENNEBERG AND J. LANGHAMMER Address 1 Department of Geology University of Tromsø N-9037 Tromso Norway 2 PGS 16010 Barkers Point Lane Suite 600 Houston Texas 77079 USA 3 PGS Strandveien 4 1366 Lysaker Norway Estimation of gas-hydrate concentration from seismic velocities will depend strongly on the micro-scale hydrate distribution in the sediment pore space. Shear-wave seismic may be the key data to decide the microscale distribution of gas hydrate in the pore