pT-effects of Pleistocene glacial periods on permafrost, gas hydrate stability zones and reservoir of the Mittelplate oil field, northern Germany

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 298-306

  Grassmann, S ^a   Cramer, B ^a   Delisle, G ^a   Hantschel, T ^b   Messner, J ^c   Winsemann, J ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c State Authority of Mining   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; Glaciation; Mittelplate; Overpressure; Palaeo gas hydrates; Permafrost; Pleistocene; Reservoir temperature

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; GLACIATION; MITTELPLATE; OVERPRESSURE; PALAEO-GAS HYDRATES; PLEISTOCENE; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDRATION; ICE; ISOTOPES; OIL FIELDS; OXYGEN; PERMAFROST; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; GLACIATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ICE RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OIL FIELD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; SAALIAN; WEICHSELIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70350608286     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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