Characterization of seafloor pockmark seepage of hydrocarbons employing fractal: A case study from the western continental margin of India

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-128

  Dandapath, Sumanta ^a,c   Chakraborty, Bishwajit ^a   Maslov, Nicolas ^a,b,d   Karisiddaiah, Siddaiah M ^a   Ghosh, Dhrupad ^a   Fernandes, William ^a   Menezes, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^c SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic remote sensing; Box counting method; Central west coast of India; Fractal dimension; Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter image; Multifractal; Off Marmagao; Seafloor seepage characterization; Self organizing criticality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING; BOX-COUNTING METHOD; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; OFF MARMAGAO; SEA FLOOR; SELF-ORGANIZING CRITICALITY; WEST COAST;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); HYDROCARBONS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORRELATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PARAMETERIZATION; POCKMARK; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 81155151322     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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