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f Seismic Images of Structures Associated with Gas Hydrates near the Sea Floor - Initial Results
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 63rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Jun 2001, cp-15-00179
Abstract
P563 SEISMIC IMAGES OF STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH GAS HYDRATES NEAR THE SEA FLOOR – INITIAL RESULTS 1 THOMAS M. MCGEE 1 CAROL B. LUTKEN 1 VAUGHN S. GOEBEL 2 and J. ROBERT WOOLSEY 1 1 Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology The University of Mississippi 220 Old Chemistry Building Mississippi MS 38677 USA 2 Lookout Geophysical Company ABSTRACT Obtaining very-high-resolution seismic images of structures immediately below the sea floor in deep water is fraught with problems. The conventional approach has been to tow a subbottom profiler near the sea floor but if the water is a kilometre or more