Offshore sediment overpressures of passive margins: Mechanisms, measurement, and models

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Dugan, B ^a   Sheahan, T C ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine Geology and Geophysics: Instruments and techniques; Marine Geology and Geophysics: Marine hydrogeologyMarine Geology and Geophysics: Submarine landslides; Natural Hazards: Hydrological

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPRESSIONAL; CONSOLIDATION STATE; DRILLING PRACTICES; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID TRANSFER; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM; IN-SITU; INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL HAZARD; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURE; ORGANIC MATURATION; OVER-PRESSURES; OVERPRESSURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PORE FLUIDS; POST-EVENT ANALYSIS; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; RAPID SEDIMENTATION; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW SYSTEM; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SUB-SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TECTONIC LOADING;

GEOPHYSICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

SEDIMENTS;

FLUID PRESSURE; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; OVERPRESSURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEAFLOOR; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84864035213     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219181     Document Type: Article

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