The limited suitability of silica diagenetic boundaries as isothermal markers: Insights from seismic reflection imaging, Offshore Sakhalin, Russian Far East

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1028-1039

  Meadows, David ^a   Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenetic boundaries; Isotherms; Opal A; Opal CT; Sakhalin; Silica diagenesis

Indexed keywords

DIAGENETIC BOUNDARIES; DIAGENETICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ISOTHERMAL BOUNDARIES; LATE MIOCENE; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FACTORS; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SILICA DIAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

HYDROCARBONS; ISOTHERMS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGENESIS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MIOCENE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILICA; UNCONFORMITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN;

EID: 77950935480     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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