A permeability estimate in 56 Ma crust at ODP Hole 642E, Vøring Plateau Norwegian Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Harris, Robert N ^a   Higgins, Sean M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

marine hydrogeology, fluid flow; temperature

Indexed keywords

BULK CRUSTAL PERMEABILITY; MARINE HYDROGEOLOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM HOLE;

AQUIFERS; FLOW RATE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; OVERPRESSURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERMEABILITY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 39549095426     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.055     Document Type: Article

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