Analysis of the experimental compressibility of deep water marine sediments from the Gulf of Guinea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 486-499

  Hattab, Mahdia ^a   Favre, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Deep water marine sediments; Identification parameters; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; IDENTIFICATION PARAMETERS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BATHYMETRY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MERCURY (METAL); SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 72649096478     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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