A composite mud volcano system in the Chalk Group of the North Sea Central Graben

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1209-1224

  Andresen, Katrine J ^a   Clausen, OLE R ^a   Jørgensen, Rune B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DEPTHS; DIAGENETICS; FLUID CONDUITS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MUD VOLCANOES; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH SEA; PORE WATERS; REMOBILIZATION; SEISMIC DATAS; SHALLOW INTRUSIONS; THICK OVERBURDEN;

FLUIDIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EXTRUSION;

EXTRUSION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MUD VOLCANO; PALEOCENE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATOVOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL GRABEN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 78249280621     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-037     Document Type: Article

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