Late Miocene seep-carbonates and fluid migration on top of the Montepetra intrabasinal high (Northern Apennines, Italy): Relations with synsedimentary folding

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Conti, S ^a   Fontana, D ^a   Mecozzi, S ^a   Panieri, G ^b,c   Pini, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Detachment folds; Foredeep basins; Gas hydrates; Slope instability

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEPS; DEFORMATION FRONT; DETACHMENT FOLDING; DETACHMENT FOLDS; FIELD GEOMETRY; FLUID MIGRATION; FOREDEEP BASINS; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; IN-SITU; LATE MIOCENE; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; NORTHERN APENNINES; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SLOPE INSTABILITY; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; SYNSEDIMENTARY; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATES; DEFORMATION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; INFILTRATION; STABILITY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; COLD SEEP; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOREARC BASIN; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MESSINIAN; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 77957763715     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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