Shallow gas and fluid migration in the northern Arafura Sea (offshore Northern Australia)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-147

  Rollet, N ^a   Logan, G A ^a   Ryan, G ^a   Judd, A G ^b   Totterdell, J M ^a   Glenn, K ^a   Jones, A T ^a   Kroh, F ^a   Struckmeyer, H I M ^a   Kennard, J M ^a   Earl, K L ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arafura Sea; Fluid migration; Pockmarks; Shallow gas

Indexed keywords

ARAFURA SEA; DEEP STRUCTURES; FLUID MIGRATION; FLUID MIGRATIONS; FLUID MOVEMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; GEOLOGICAL DATUMS; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRIES; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; POCKMARKS; SEISMIC DATUMS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIES; SENSING DATUMS; SHALLOW GAS; SHALLOW GASSES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BATHYMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; EARTH SCIENCES; HYDROCARBONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

GASES;

ECHO SOUNDER; GAS SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MULTIBEAM SONAR; POCKMARK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SIDESCAN SONAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARAFURA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57049165399     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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