Low heat flow from young oceanic lithosphere at the Middle America Trench off Mexico
Seismic reflection profiles across the Middle America Trench at 20°N show a high amplitude bottom simulating reflector interpreted as marking a phase transition between methane hydrate and free gas in the pore space of both accreted and trench sediments. We determine the depth of the hydrate-gas pha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005.
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