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P166 OBS Imaging of Gas Hydrates off SW Taiwan – The First Phase of Geological Exploration T.K. Wang* (National Taiwan Ocean University) C.S. Lee (Inst of Applied Geosciences Nat Taiwan Ocean Univ) C.W. Chen (National Taiwan Ocean University) C.H. Chen (National Taiwan Ocean University) Y. Wang (Central Geological Survey MOEA) & S.C. Chen (Central Geological Survey MOEA) SUMMARY For understanding characteristics of gas-hydrate bearing sediment the origin of gas-hydrate formation and for estimating the amount of gas hydrates several geophysical explorations of gas hydrates off SW Taiwan have been conducted during 2004-2007. In this paper P-wave velocity models along OBS