Insufficiency of compaction disequilibrium as the sole cause of high pore fluid pressures in pre-Cenozoic sediments

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-241

  Kooi, Henk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENT LOADING;

ATLANTIC, SCOTIAN SHELF; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0031473657     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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