Deep pore pressures and seafloor venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-397

  Reilly, Matthew J ^a,c   Flemings, Peter B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MUD VOLCANO; OVERBURDEN; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77955147571     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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