Characterization of methane-hydrate formation inferred from insitu Vp-density relationship for hydrate-bearing sediment cores obtained off the eastern coast of India

Masataka Kinoshita1, Yohei Hamada2, Takehiro Hirose2, Yasuhiro Yamada3 and NGHP02 Scientce Party, (1)The University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, (2)JAMSTEC, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Nankoku, Japan, (3)JAMSTEC, ODS, Kanagawa, Japan