A Long Gravity-Piston Corer Developed for Seafloor Gas Hydrate Coring Utilizing an In Situ Pressure-Retained Method

A corer, which can obtain long in situ pressure-retained sediments of up to 30 m core containing gas hydrates, has been applied in the South China Sea (SCS) dozens of times. The corer presented in this paper is a convenient, efficient and economical long in situ pressure-retained coring and research...

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Main Authors: Lin-Yi Gu, Shi-Lun Li, Ying Chen, Brian Bingham, Wei Fan, Jia-Wang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/7/3353