Fault system and thermal regime in the vicinity of site NGHP-01-10, Krishna-Godavari basin, Bay of Bengal

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1899-1914

  Dewangan, P ^a   Sriram, G ^a   Ramprasad, T ^a   Ramana, M V ^a   Jaiswal, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault system; Fluid flow; Gas hydrate; Geothermal gradient; Velocity modeling

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FAULT SYSTEM; FLUID FLUXES; FREE GAS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; HYDRATE FORMATION; INTERVAL VELOCITY; KG BASINS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; PRIMARY MECHANISM; RESOURCE ESTIMATION; SEA FLOOR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; THERMAL REGIMES; VELOCITY MODELING;

ADVECTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDRATION; VELOCITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

ADVECTION; BATHYMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FAULT; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 82455192201     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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