Physical properties of the shallow sediments in late Pleistocene formations, Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, and their implications for generation and preservation of shallow overpressures

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-486

  Binh, N T T ^a   Tokunaga, T ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Kozumi, K ^b   Nakajima, M ^b   Kubota, M ^b   Kameya, H ^c   Taniue, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Dia Consultants Co   (Japan)

^c OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; Deepwater environment; Fluid flow; Shallow overpressure

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; BASIN SIMULATIONS; BULK DENSITIES; DEEP WATERS; DEEPWATER ENVIRONMENT; DOWNHOLE DENSITIES; DRILLING RISKS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURES; GRAIN DENSITIES; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN-SITU; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATERAL FLOWS; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSITS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OVER-PRESSURES; PLEISTOCENE; PRECONSOLIDATION PRESSURES; PRESSURE RATIOS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITIONS; SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHALLOW OVERPRESSURE;

CAPILLARITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; FLUID PRESSURE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PLEISTOCENE; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 63349091943     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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