An experimental investigation of gravity-driven shale tectonics in progradational delta

Tectonophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 643-656

  Mourgues, R ^a   Lecomte, E ^b   Vendeville, B ^b   Raillard, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue model; Fluid overpressure; Gravity deformation; Niger Delta; Progradational delta; Shale tectonics

Indexed keywords

AIR PORES; ANALOGUE MODEL; COMPRESSIONAL; DEEPWATER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUID PRESSURES; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; GRAVITY DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MUD VOLCANOES; NIGER DELTA; NORMAL FAULTS; OVER-PRESSURES; OVERPRESSURE; PROGRADATION; PROGRADATIONAL DELTA; ROCK SALT; SEDIMENTARY BURIAL; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SPACE AND TIME; SUBSURFACE PRESSURE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIME AND SPACE;

DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDIZATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

AIR;

BELT; DEFORMATION; DELTA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID PRESSURE; GRAVITY; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; PROGRADATION; ROCK SALT; SHALE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST;

EID: 69249212234     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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