A giant (5.3 × 107 m3) middle Miocene (c. 15 Ma) sediment mound (M1) above the Siri Canyon, Norwegian-Danish Basin: Origin and significance

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1640-1655

  Andresen, Katrine Juul ^a   Clausen, Ole Rønø ^a   Huuse, Mads ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Hydrocarbon migration; Lateral pressure transfer; Norwegian Danish Basin; Sand volcano; Siri Canyon

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LATERAL PRESSURE TRANSFER; NORWEGIAN-DANISH BASIN; SIRI CANYON;

HYDROCARBONS; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SAND;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGGRADATION; COMPACTION; FLUID EXPULSION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MIOCENE; POCKMARK; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REMOBILIZATION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL GRABEN; NORTH SEA; VIKING GRABEN;

EID: 67650218779     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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