Characterization of excess pore pressures at the toe of the Nankai accretionary complex, Ocean Drilling Program sites 1173, 1174, and 808: Results of one-dimensional modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Gamage, Kusali ^a   Screaton, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 33744928150     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003572     Document Type: Article

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