Potential salinity-driven free convection in a shale-rich sedimentary basin: Example from the Gulf of Mexico basin in south Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2089-2110

  Sharp, Jr ^a   Fenstemaker, T R ^a   Simmons, C T ^a   McKenna, T E ^a   Dickinson, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SALINE WATER; SHALE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035693635     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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