Mount Elbert [SEP] continent
Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwest (bearing 223°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado.
The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman
Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Site
Mount Elbert Methane Hydrate Site (or "Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Test Well", "Mount Elbert test well")
Site Highlights.
- First dedicated gas hydrate stratigraphic test well on the Alaska North Slope;
- First application of extended duration, open-hole wireline pressure testing using Modular Dynamics Testing in a gas hydrate-bearing reservoir;
- 504 feet (154 m) of core collected (100 feet (30.5 m) hydrate bearing);
- Confirmation of