Studies of geologic and geophysical data from the offshore of India have revealed two
geologically distinct areas with inferred gas hydrate occurrences: the passive continental margins
of the Indian Peninsula and along the Andaman convergent margin. The Indian National Gas
Hydrate Program (NGHP) Expedition 01 was designed to study the occurrence of gas hydrate off
the Indian Peninsula and along the Andaman convergent margin with special emphasis on
understanding the geologic and geochemical controls on the occurrence of gas hydrate in these
two diverse settings. NGHP Expedition 01 established the presence of gas hydrates in Krishna-
Godavari, Mahanadi and Andaman basins. The expedition discovered one of the richest gas
hydrate accumulations yet documented (Site 10 in the Krishna-Godavari Basin), documented the
thickest and deepest gas hydrate stability zone yet known (Site 17 in Andaman Sea), and
established the existence of a fully-developed gas hydrate system in the Mahanadi Basin (Site 19).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/1035 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Collett, Timothy S., Riedel, Michael, Cochran, J.R., Boswell, Ray, Kumar, Pushpendra, Sathe, A.V. |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
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