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Session Proposal: Natural Gas Hydrate Systems: Occurrence and Dynamic Behavior (AGU25)

OS018
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems: Occurrence and Dynamic Behavior

Session ID#: 251414

Session Description:
Natural gas hydrate –formed under high-pressure, low-temperature conditions in sediments– has drawn significant scientific interest due to its implications for seafloor instability, energy resources, and the global carbon cycle. Recent and ongoing geophysical and drilling programs have provided a wealth of new knowledge on the distribution of gas hydrate in both marine and permafrost settings, as well as the dynamic behavior of the associated gas and gas hydrate systems. In this session, we encourage contributions that provide insights into gas hydrate systems through geological, geophysical, geochemical, and microbiological characterization, based on fieldwork, modeling, and laboratory studies.
Index Terms:

0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0460 Marine systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
3004 Gas and hydrate systems [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3036 Ocean drilling [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Alejandro Cardona, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Convener:  Ann Cook, OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Tanner Mills, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
 
Geologic controls on gas hydrate saturation, based on log and core data from the Alaska Gas Hydrate Production Test Site (1862662)
Seth S Haines, U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, United States, Timothy S Collett, USGS, Denver, CO, United States, William Waite, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, United States, Stephen Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States, Ray Boswell, U.S. Department of Energy - National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Norihiro Okinaka, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Chiba, Japan and Yoshihiro Nakatsuka, JOGMEC Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Chiba, Japan
 
Extreme Variability in Hydrate Stability Zone Thickness across the northern Gulf of Mexico (Invited) (1878510)
Aditya Kumar1, Ann Cook1, Alexey Portnov2 and Jess Hillman3, (1)OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, (2)Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, (3)Earth Sciences New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, New Zealand
 
Incremental Hydrate Digital Cores for Capturing Dynamic Morphology Evolution in Physical Experiments (1885124)
Jilun Weng, Peking University, Beijing, China and Tao He, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
 
Helium Retention and Residence Time Estimates in Natural Methane Gas Hydrate from the Gulf of Mexico (Invited) (1902267)
Rachel Coyte, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States, Diana Lynn Thatcher, PhD, Iowa State University, Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate, Ames, United States, Ann Cook, OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States and Stephen Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States
 
Critical Pore Size of Preferred Flow Channels in Hydrate-Bearing Samples (1944329)
Zelin Xu and Yoshihiro Konno, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Kashiwa, Japan
 
Determination of Methane Hydrate Particle Size in Triaxial Compression of MHBS Using the Discrete Element Method (1947092)
Yuna Nakamura1, Toru Sato1 and Norio Tenma2, (1)The University of Tokyo, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, Kashiwa, Japan, (2)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Energy Process Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
 
Geomechanical and Petrophysical Response of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments During Gas Production (1950526)
Alejandro Cardona, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Yoshihiro Konno, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Kashiwa, Japan and Peter B Flemings, The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
 
Sedimentation Rates and Gas Hydrate occurrence within the Terrebonne Basin (1971903)
Saffron Martin, Ohio State University Main Campus, Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, Ann Cook, OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, Joel E Johnson, University of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Durham, United States, Marcie Purkey Phillips, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, Stephen C Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States and UT-GOM2-2 Scientists
 
Overview of Methane hydrate core drilling at Offshore Shima peninsula, Japan. (1983749)
Toshinori Imai and Than Tin Aung, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), Chiba, Japan
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