Complex plumbing systems in the near subsurface: Geometries of authigenic carbonates from Dolgovskoy Mound (Black Sea) constrained by analogue experiments

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-472

  Mazzini, Adriano ^a   Ivanov, Michael K ^b   Nermoen, Anders ^a   Bahr, André ^c   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^c   Svensen, Henrik ^a   Planke, Sverre ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d Forskningsparken   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Authigenic carbonate; Black Sea; Dolgovskoy Mound; Hele Shaw cell modelling; Shatsky Ridge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE; HELE-SHAW CELL MODELLING; PLUMBING SYSTEMS;

CARBONATES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SEEPAGE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CARBONATE; FLUID FLOW; GAS SEEPAGE; METHANE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VENTING;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 44649154575     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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