Analytical and numerical solutions for alternative overpressuring processes: Application to the Callovo-Oxfordian sedimentary sequence in the Paris basin, France

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Gonçalvès, Julio ^a   Violette, Sophie ^b   Wendling, Jacques ^a  

^a ANDRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Clay formation; Hydrogeology; Osmosis; Overpressures

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; OSMOSIS; OVERPRESSURE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542504408     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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