Organic geochemical, isotopic, and seismic indicators of fluid flow in pressurized growth anticlines and mud volcanoes in modern deep-water slope and rise sediments of offshore Brunei darussalam: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration in other mud- and salt-diapir provinces

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 93, 2010, Pages 163-196

  John K Warren, D ^a   Cheung, Alwyn ^b   Cartwright, Ian ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CAP ROCK; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAPIR; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD VOLCANO; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC ZONE; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858859144     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13231314M933424     Document Type: Article

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