There is much interest in gas hydrates in relation to their potential role as an important driver for climate change and as a major new energy source; however, many questions remain, not least the size of the global hydrate budget. Much of the current uncertainty centres on how hydrates are physically stored in sediments at a range of scales. This volume details advances in our understanding of sediment-hosted hydrates, and contains papers covering a range of studies of real and artificial sediments containing both methane hydrates and CO2 hydrates. The papers include an examination of the techniques used to locate, sample and characterize hydrates from natural, methane-rich systems, so as to understand them better. Other contributions consider the nature and stability of synthetic hydrates formed in the laboratory, which in turn improve our ability to make accurate predictive models. Related Titles:
SP313 Underground Gas Storage
Edited by D. J. Evans and R. A. Chadwick
ISBN: 978-1-86239-272-4
Publication Date: June 2009
Pages: 390
Hardback
Prices: $180
The UK will import 90% of its gas by 2020 and new underground storage facilities are needed. New coal-fired power-stations will require clean-coal technologies and underground CO2 storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This volume reviews the technologies and issues involved in the underground storage of natural gas and CO2.
SP312 South Caspian to Central Iran Basins
Edited by M. F. Brunet, M. Wilmsen and J. W. Granath
ISBN: 978-1-86239-271-7
Publication Date: May 2009
Pages: 360
Hardback
Prices: $190
The data and models in this volume present a comprehensive picture of the Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the South Caspian to Central Iran region. Geodynamic processes and basin evolution are mainly controlled by the successive closure of the Palaeo- and Neo-Tethys oceans and the associated collisions, interspersed with periods of extension.
SP306 The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins
Edited by H. Johnson, A. G. Doré, R. W. Gatliff, R. E. Holdsworth, E. R. Lundin and J. D. Ritchie
ISBN: 978-1-86239-261-8
Publication Date: October 2008
Pages: 232
Hardback
Prices: $170
The tectonic evolution of passive continental margins is a topic not only of scientific interest, but also has relevance to the exploration and development of petroleum resources. Some passive margins have been considered to be 'anything but passive' and their structural and stratigraphic development records show evidence of complex phases of differential subsidence and/or exhumation and fold development. This volume concentrates on compressive structures formed on passive margins in the absence of a gravitational sliding regime.
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