Sand remobilization and injection above an active salt diapir: The Tyr sand of the Nini Field, Eastern North Sea

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 548-561

  Svendsen, Johan Byskov ^a   Hansen, Henrik Juhl ^b   Stærmose, Thomas ^a   Engkilde, Michael Kragh ^a  

^a DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVO METHOD; DIAPIR; REMOBILIZATION; SAND; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77955124083     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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