Pockmarks: Created by reduced sedimentation or a sudden blow-out?

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1361-1365

  De Vries, Martine H ^a   Svanø, Geir ^b   Tjelta, Tor Inge ^b   Emdal, Arnfinn J ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experimental research; Fluid flow; Geotechnical engineering; Offshore; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS;

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; POCKMARK FORMATION; POCKMARKS; SMALL GAS RESERVOIRS;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 36448977932     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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