Structural controls on the formation of BSR over a diapiric anticline from a dense MCS survey offshore southwestern Taiwan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1932-1942

  Schnürle, Philippe ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Lin, Andrew T ^c   Lin, Saulwood ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Gas hydrates; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; BRIGHT REFLECTION; DIAPIRISM; DISSOLVED GAS; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; FLUID MIGRATION; GAS FLUX; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE STABILITIES; MAXIMUM VALUES; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RAPID SEDIMENTATION; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHIC DIPS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STUDY AREAS; SURVEY AREA; TAIWAN; THRUST FAULTS; THRUST SYSTEMS; WIDE AREA;

GASES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACTIVE FAULT; ANTICLINE; DIAPIRISM; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; FORMATION MECHANISM; GAS HYDRATE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SLOPE ANGLE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THRUST; TREND ANALYSIS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 82455212148     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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