Marine gas hydratea future resource of natural gas for Europe?
- M.P. Mata
- K. Wallman
- A. Neuman
- H. Marín-Moreno
- E. Piñero
- T. Minshull
- J.T. Vázquez
- D. Casas
- G. Ercilla
- A. Bernabeu Tello
- R. Carreira López
- V. Díaz del Rio Español
- M.C. Fernández-Puga
- S. García Gil
- M. Gómez Ballesteros
- R. León
- N. López-González
- V. Magalahes
- F. Martínez Ruiz
- L. Menezes Pinheiro
- D. Palomino
- D. Rey
- B. Rubio Armesto
- I. Sainz Diaz
- O. Sánchez-Guillamón
- S. Vadakkepuliyambatta
- F. Vilas Martin
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ISSN: 1576-5172
Año de publicación: 2016
Título del ejemplar: IX CONGRESO GEOLÓGICO DE ESPAÑA
Número: 16
Páginas: 331-334
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Geotemas (Madrid)
Resumen
Gas hydrates are crystalline compounds where a molecule of gas, mainly methane, is trapped in a cage of icewater molecules. The importance of gas hydrates in nature is very high because it is an alternative source of energy and play a major role in the delicate balance of the global climate and in the marine geological risks. MIGRATE COST action is designed to integrate the experience of a large number of European research groups and industrial players to promote the development of multidisciplinary knowledge on the potential of gas hydrates as energy resource in Europe. Two of the objectives of the action aim to estimate the European inventory of exploitable gas hydrates and to assess environmental risks. In this work we show the occurrences of gas hydrates described in European margins including the Iberian Peninsula, with a first approximation on the thickness and location of the area of stability of gas hydrates in the Iberian margin.