Porosity corrections for smectite-rich sediments: Impact on studies of compaction, fluid generation, and tectonic history

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 843-846

  Brown, Kevin M ^a   Ransom, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE SEDIMENTS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PROPERTY MEASUREMENT; TECTONIC HISTORY; TRUE POROSITIES; WEIGHT PERCENT; CHEMICAL FLUX; SEISMIC DATAS;

POROSITY;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COMPACTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; SMECTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; FLUID GENERATION; HYDROGEOLOGY;

BARBADOS; ABYSSAL PLAIN; ATLANTIC; ODP SITE 671; ODP SITE 672;

EID: 0030466811     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0843:PCFSRS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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