Sea-bed pockmarks related to fluid migration from Mesozoic bedrock strata in the Skagerrak offshore Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 619-631

  Rise, Leif ^a   Sættem, Joar ^b   Fanavoll, Stein ^b   Thorsnes, Terje ^a   Ottesen, Dag ^a   Bøe, Reidulv ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Hydrocarbon migration; Mesozoic sediments; North Sea; Pockmarks; Skagerrak; Thermogenic gas

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MESOZOIC; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033371093     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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