Linking a linear pockmark train with a buried Palaeozoic structure: A case study from the St. Lawrence Estuary

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-522

  Pinet, Nicolas ^a   Duchesne, Mathieu ^a   Lavoie, Denis ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC LINK; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PALAEOZOIC; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC PROFILES; SOURCE ROCKS;

HYDROCARBONS; SEISMOLOGY;

ALIGNMENT;

ANTICLINE; BURIED STRUCTURE; CRATER; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOZOIC; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMICITY; SOURCE ROCK; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 77956705369     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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