Three-dimensional seismic analysis of the morphology and spatial distribution of chimneys beneath the Nyegga pockmark field, offshore mid-Norway

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-480

  Hustoft, Steinar ^a,b   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NORWAY;

EID: 77955155520     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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