Effects of rapid sedimentation on developing the Nyegga pockmark field: Constraints from hydrological modeling and 3-D seismic data, offshore mid-Norway

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hustoft, Steinar ^a,b   Dugan, Brandon ^c   Mienert, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nyegga; Overpressure; Pockmarks; Rapid fluid expulsion; Sediment loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749085857     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002409     Document Type: Article

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