The physics of bubbles in surficial, soft, cohesive sediments

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Boudreau, Bernard P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble growth; Bubble rise; Bubbles; Cohesive sediments; Methane; Sediment mechanics

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE RISE; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUID BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE PATH; FRACTURE PROCESS; INITIAL RATE; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; NEAR-SURFACE BUBBLES; OVER-PRESSURES; PROPAGATION MODELS; RISE VELOCITY; RISING BUBBLES; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SPHERICAL BUBBLES; SUB-SEAFLOOR; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); BUOYANCY; DIGITAL STORAGE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METHANE; PHASE INTERFACES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BUBBLE; BUOYANCY; COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FRACTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84867220203     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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