Mechanism of thin-skinned detachment in the Amazon Fan: Assessing the importance of fluid overpressure and hydrocarbon generation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1013-1025

  Cobbold, Peter R ^a   Mourgues, R ^a   Boyd, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Brazil Deepwater Exploration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon Fan; Fluid overpressure; Hydrocarbon generation; Slope instability; Thin skinned detachment

Indexed keywords

BASAL DETACHMENT; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; THIN-SKINNED EXTENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHRINKAGE;

SEDIMENTATION;

CENOZOIC; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAN DELTA; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; OVERPRESSURE;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11144338437     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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