Regional overview of deep sedimentary thermal gradients of the geopressured zone of the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Nagihara, Seiichi ^a   Smith, Michael A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE DATA;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

ACCUMULATION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DRILLING; HEAT FLOW; PRESSURE FIELD; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF; TEXAS SHELF;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 39149141941     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08070706111     Document Type: Article

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