Rapid sedimentation, overpressure, and focused fluid flow, gulf of mexico continental margin

Scientific Drilling

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Behrmann, Jan H ^a   Flemings, Peter B ^b   John, Cédric M ^c   Behrmann, J H ^d   John, C M ^d   Iturrino, G J ^d   Aizawa, Y ^d   Binh, N T T ^d   De Silva, N ^d   Dugan, B ^d   Edeskar T M ^d   Franke, C ^d   Gay, A ^d   Gilhooly III, W P ^d   Gutierrez Pastor, J ^d   Jiang, S Y ^d   Long, H ^d   Moore, J C ^d   Nonoura, T ^d   Pirmez, C ^d   Reichow, M ^d   Sawyer, D E ^d   Schneider, J ^d   Shumnyk, A V ^d   Suzuki, T ^d   Takano, Y ^d   Urgeles, R ^d   Yamamoto, Y ^d   Zampetti, V ^d   more..

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFILL DRILLING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL FLUID FLOW; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE CONDITIONS; IN- SITU MONITORING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; NORMAL CONSOLIDATIONS; RAPID SEDIMENTATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 55549125852     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.3.03.2006     Document Type: Article

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