Fluid migration and fluid seepage in the Connemara field, porcupine basin interpreted from industrial 3D seismic and well data combined with high-resolution site survey data

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-197

  Rensbergen, Pieter Van ^a   Rabaute, A ^b   Colpaert, A ^a,c   Ghislain, T St ^a   Mathijs, M ^a   Bruggeman, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FLUID FLOW; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC DATA; SIDESCAN SONAR; WELL LOGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONNACHT; CONNEMARA; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846047312     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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