A compaction front in North Sea chalk

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Japsen, P ^a   Dysthe, D K ^b   Hartz, E H ^b,c   Stipp, S L S ^d   Yarushina, V M ^b   Jamtveit, B ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Det Norske   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALK; COMPACTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FLUID PRESSURE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PETROLEUM; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; STRESS FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 82355171827     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008564     Document Type: Article

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