Potential for generation of natural gas in sediments of the convergent margin of the Aleutian Trench Area
Description:
Sediment being subducted in the eastern part of the convergent margin of the Aleutian Trench has a potential to generate large volumes of natural gas, perhaps as much as 2.8 x 10/sup 6/ m/sup 3/ of methane per km/sup 3/ of sediment, even though the content of organic carbon in the sediment is very low, averaging about 0.4%. This high potential for gas generation results primarily from the enormous volume of sediment undergoing subduction. Along the eastern Aleutian Arc-Trench system a 3-km thic…
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Date:
January 1, 1983
Creator:
Kvenvolden, K.A. & von Huene, R.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department