Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate

CHEN Yilan; DING Jisheng; ZHANG Haiquan; TANG Qiuhua; ZHOU Xinghua; LIU Xiaoyu

doi:10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0

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CHEN Yilan, DING Jisheng, ZHANG Haiquan, TANG Qiuhua, ZHOU Xinghua, LIU Xiaoyu. Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(5): 129-133. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0

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CHEN Yilan, DING Jisheng, ZHANG Haiquan, TANG Qiuhua, ZHOU Xinghua, LIU Xiaoyu. Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(5): 129-133. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0

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CHEN Yilan, DING Jisheng, ZHANG Haiquan, TANG Qiuhua, ZHOU Xinghua, LIU Xiaoyu. Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(5): 129-133. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0

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Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate

doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0

First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China

Received Date: 2018-02-01

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A multi beam sonar survey is carried out in the continental slope of the Taixinan Basin to obtain submarine topographic and water column data. The data are processed to obtain water column images. Anomalous water column images, displaying plume characteristics, are found in gas hydrate enriched areas in the Taixinan Basin. This indicates the presence of natural gas resources in the Taixinan Basin. The multibeam sonar system is shown to provide an accurate and effective approach for detecting sub-sea gas hydrate.
- multibeam sonar,
- water column image,
- plume flow,
- Taixinan Basin,
- gas hydrate

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