Quantitative analysis on overpressuring mechanism resulted from tectonic stress

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1086-1093

  Luo, Xiao Rong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Abnormal pressure; Numerical modeling; Overpressuring mechanism; Quantitative analysis; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU STRESS; OVERPRESSURE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 12844277381     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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