Fluid distributions inferred from P-wave velocity and reflection seismic amplitude anomalies beneath the Nyegga pockmark field of the mid-Norwegian margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Plaza Faverola, Andreia ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid migration; P waves; Seismic amplitude; Seismic velocity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTROLLING FACTORS; EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM THEORIES; FLUID ACCUMULATION; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FLUID MIGRATION; GAS SATURATIONS; GLACIGENIC DEBRIS FLOWS; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; INFILLING; NORWEGIAN MARGIN; OCEAN-BOTTOM SEISMIC DATUM; P-WAVE VELOCITY; P-WAVES; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; PORE SPACE; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEISMIC AMPLITUDE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIDE SCAR; SPECIFIC LOCATION; STOREGGA SLIDE; TWO-FLUID; VELOCITY INVERSION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CHIMNEYS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LOCATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; P-WAVE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; POCKMARK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN MARGIN [NORWEGIAN SEA]; NORWEGIAN SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE;

EID: 70350591994     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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