Overburden deformation patterns and mechanisms of salt diapir penetration in the Central Graben, North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 601-618

  Davison, I ^a,d   Alsop, G I ^b   Evans, N G ^c   Safaricz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c BHP Petroleum   (United Kingdom)

^d EARTHMOVES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DIAPIRISM; FAULTING; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; OVERBURDEN DEFORMATION PATTERNS; PASSIVE DIAPIRISM; SALT DIAPIR;

BUOYANCY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIAPIRISM; HYDROCARBON TRAP; OVERBURDEN; SALT DOME; SALT TECTONICS; ZECHSTEIN;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034190224     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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