Geophysical signatures associated with fluid flow and gas hydrate occurrence in a tectonically quiescent sequence, Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-368

  Wang, X ^a,b   Wu, S ^a,b   Yuan, S ^a,b,e   Wang, D ^a,b   Ma, Y ^a,b   Yao, G ^c   Gong, Y ^d   Zhang, G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c Hangzhou Research Institute of Petroleum Geology   (China)

^d MLR   (China)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Chimney; Gas hydrate; Pockmark; Polygonal fault; Qiongdongnan Basin

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DIAPIRISM; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; P-WAVE; PLIOCENE; POCKMARK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77955764022     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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