Impact of glacially induced stress changes on fault-seal integrity offshore Norway

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-506

  Grollimund, Balz ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b  

^a GeoMechanics International   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; PORE PRESSURE; STRESSES;

HYDROCARBON FIELDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FAULT; GLACIATION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PORE PRESSURE; SEALING; STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

(NORTH); NORTH SEA;

EID: 0038066632     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08010201134     Document Type: Article

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