Ocean bottom seismometer investigations in the Ormen Lange area offshore mid-Norway provide evidence for shallow gas layers in subsurface sediments

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 287-297

  Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Guidard, Stéphanie ^a   Vanneste, Maarten ^a   Berndt, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water exploration; Gas hydrates; Mid Norwegian margin; Ocean bottom seismometer; Shallow gas; Storegga slide

Indexed keywords

FREE GAS; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISOMETER (OBS); SHALLOW GAS LAYERS; SLIDE SCAR;

DEBRIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MORE BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; ORMEN LANGE FIELD; WORLD;

EID: 14744302335     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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