Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts

NL Bangs, JK Morgan, RE Bell, S Han, R Arai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Large seamounts and basement relief cause permanent deformation when they collide with
the overriding plate at subduction zones. The resulting structural and compositional …

[HTML][HTML] Saturation evaluation for fine-grained sediments

L Zhu, S Wu, X Zhou, J Cai - Geoscience Frontiers, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate quantification of the gas hydrate content in the deep sea is useful for assessing the
resource potential and understanding the role of gas hydrates in the global carbon cycle …

Widespread subseafloor gas hydrate in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Margin

AE Cook, A Portnov, RC Heber… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The distribution and concentration of subseafloor natural gas hydrate across margins is not
well understood, because these systems are challenging to image and quantify remotely …

Gas hydrate formation beneath thrust ridges: A test of concepts using 3D modelling at the southern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

KF Kroeger, GJ Crutchley, JIT Hillman, F Turco… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas hydrates are widespread along convergent margins, but their distribution is highly
variable. This variability has been attributed to a range of factors, such as the source of gas …

Seafloor overthrusting causes ductile fault deformation and fault sealing along the Northern Hikurangi Margin

JK Morgan, EA Solomon, A Fagereng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
IODP Site U1518, drilled during IODP Expeditions 372 and 375, penetrated a large-offset (∼
6 km) thrust, the Pāpaku fault, rising from a megathrust that hosts recurring slow slip events …

Reservoir classification and log prediction of gas hydrate occurrence in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea

L Zhu, X Zhou, J Sun, Y Liu, J Wang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Classifying natural gas hydrate reservoirs effectively and carrying out reservoir classification
modelling is crucial, but to date, research on building artificial intelligence-assisted logging …

A unified effective medium modeling framework for quantitative characterization of hydrate reservoirs

H Pan, H Li, X Wang, J Cai, J Qian, JJ Howard, Q Gao - Geophysics, 2022 - library.seg.org
Quantitative characterization of hydrate reservoirs is essential for evaluating hydrate
resources and monitoring environmental hazards. Rock-physics models provide the …

[HTML][HTML] Well logging evaluation of fine-grained hydrate-bearing sediment reservoirs: Considering the effect of clay content

LQ Zhu, J Sun, XQ Zhou, QP Li, Q Fan, SL Wu, SG Wu - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrate reservoirs are different from the host reservoirs of all other fossil energy sources
because the characteristics of hydrate reservoirs are generally controlled by deep-sea fine …

Gas hydrate stability for CO2-methane gas mixes in the Pegasus Basin, New Zealand: A geological control for potential gas production using methane-CO2 exchange …

IA Pecher, KF Kroeger, GJ Crutchley… - Gas Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas hydrate is an ice-like form of water containing gas, in nature mostly methane (CH 4),
which requires moderate pressures and low temperatures. The replacement of CH 4 by CO …

Machine learning-based nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of hydraulic properties in hydrate-bearing sediments

Z Li, Z Zhang, S Dai, Z Liu, F Ning - Ocean Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Permeability and water retention curves of hydrate-bearing sediments play pivotal roles in
comprehending the dynamics of fluids within geologic hydrate systems and have direct …