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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Geological Research Volume 2011, Article ID 384785, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/384785 Research Article Seismic Expression of Polygonal Faults and Its Impact on Fluid Flow Migration for Gas Hydrates Formation in Deep Water of the South China Sea Duanxin Chen,1, 2 Shiguo Wu,1 Xiujuan Wang,1 and Fuliang Lv3 1 Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China 2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3 Hangzhou Institute of Geology, PetroChina, Hangzhou 310023, China Correspondence should be addressed to Shiguo Wu, swu@ Received 31 May 2011; Revised 2 September 2011; Accepted 12 September 2011 Academic Editor: Ingo Pecher Copyright © 2011 Duanxin Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Polygonal faults were identified from three-dimensional (3D) seismic data in the middle-late Miocene marine sequences of the South China Sea. Polygonal faults in the study area are normal faults with fault lengths ranging from 100 to 1500 m, fault spaces ranging from 40 to 800 m, and throws ranging from 10 to 40 m. Gas hydrate was inferred from the seismic polarity, the reflection strength, and the temperature-pressure equilibrium computation results. Gas hydrates located in the sediments above the polygonal faults layer. Polygonal faults can act as pathways for the migration of fluid flow, which can supply hydrocarbons for the formation of gas hydrates. 1. Introduction and Zhongjiann