Transient formation fluid pressures and temperatures in the Costa Rica forearc prism and subducting oceanic basement: CORK monitoring at ODP Sites 1253 and 1255

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 232-244

  Davis, Earl E ^a   Villinger, Heinrich W ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costa Rica prism; formation fluid pressure; non accretionary prisms; ODP Leg 205

Indexed keywords

FORMATION FLUID PRESSURE; HYDROLOGIC DRAINAGE; NON-ACCRETIONARY PRISM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE PRISM;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OFFSHORE DRILLING; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRISMS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FLUID PRESSURE; FOREARC BASIN; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33646061621     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.042     Document Type: Article

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