Fluid migration directions inferred from gradient of time surfaces of the sub seabed

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1898-1909

  Weibull, Wiktor ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Hustoft, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Fluid migration; Gas hydrates; Nyegga; Overpressure; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; FLUID MIGRATION; NYEGGA; OVERPRESSURE; POCKMARKS;

CHIMNEYS; GASES; HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; OVERPRESSURE; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; TERTIARY;

NORWAY;

EID: 77957865647     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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