Estimation of potential distribution of gas hydrate in the northern South China Sea

doi:10.1007/s00343-010-0097-9

	Estimation of potential distribution of gas hydrate in the northern South China Sea
	Wang Chunjuan 1,2; Du Dewen 1,2; Zhu Zhiwei 1,2; Liu Yonggang ; Yan Shijuan 1,2,3; Yang Gang 1,2
刊名	CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY
	2010-05-10
卷号	28 期号:3 页码:693-699
关键词	gas hydrate resource assessment northern South China Sea Gulf of Mexico
ISSN号	0254-4059
DOI	10.1007/s00343-010-0097-9
英文摘要	Gas hydrate research has significant importance for securing world energy resources, and has the potential to produce considerable economic benefits. Previous studies have shown that the South China Sea is an area that harbors gas hydrates. However, there is a lack of systematic investigations and understanding on the distribution of gas hydrate throughout the region. In this paper, we applied mineral resource quantitative assessment techniques to forecast and estimate the potential distribution of gas hydrate resources in the northern South China Sea. However, current hydrate samples from the South China Sea are too few to produce models of occurrences. Thus, according to similarity and contrast principles of mineral outputs, we can use a similar hydrate-mining environment with sufficient gas hydrate data as a testing ground for modeling northern South China Sea gas hydrate conditions. We selected the Gulf of Mexico, which has extensively studied gas hydrates, to develop predictive models of gas hydrate distributions, and to test errors in the model. Then, we compared the existing northern South China Sea hydrate-mining data with the Gulf of Mexico characteristics, and collated the relevant data into the model. Subsequently, we applied the model to the northern South China Sea to obtain the potential gas hydrate distribution of the area, and to identify significant exploration targets. Finally, we evaluated the reliability of the predicted results. The south seabed area of Taiwan Bank is recommended as a priority exploration target. The Zhujiang Mouth, Southeast Hainan, and Southwest Taiwan Basins, including the South Bijia Basin, also are recommended as exploration target areas. In addition, the method in this paper can provide a useful predictive approach for gas hydrate resource assessment, which gives a scientific basis for construction and implementation of long-term planning for gas hydrate exploration and general exploitation of the seabed of China.
资助项目	COMRA[DYXM115-03-3-05]
WOS关键词	MEXICO CONTINENTAL-SLOPE ; TAIWAN
WOS研究方向	Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Oceanography
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000278924100033
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.fio.com.cn:8080/handle/2SI8HI0U/27028]
专题	自然资源部第一海洋研究所
通讯作者	Du Dewen
作者单位	1.State Ocean Adm, Inst Oceanog 1, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 2.State Ocean Adm, Key Lab Marine Sedimentol & Environm Geol, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 3.Ocean Univ China, Coll Marine Geosci, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang Chunjuan,Du Dewen,Zhu Zhiwei,et al. Estimation of potential distribution of gas hydrate in the northern South China Sea[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,2010,28(3):693-699.
APA	Wang Chunjuan,Du Dewen,Zhu Zhiwei,Liu Yonggang,Yan Shijuan,&Yang Gang.(2010).Estimation of potential distribution of gas hydrate in the northern South China Sea.CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,28(3),693-699.
MLA	Wang Chunjuan,et al."Estimation of potential distribution of gas hydrate in the northern South China Sea".CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 28.3(2010):693-699.