When do faults in sedimentary basins leak? Stress and deformation in sedimentary basins; examples from the North Sea and Haltenbanken, offshore Norway

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1019-1031

  Bjørlykke, Knut ^a   Høeg, Kaare ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Jahren, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLACIERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRESSES;

FRACTURE PRESSURE; GLACIAL LOADINGS; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; STRESS CONDITIONS;

SETTLING TANKS;

FAULT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23044505898     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04010504118     Document Type: Article

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