Anatomy of a fluid pipe in the Norway Basin: Initiation, propagation and 3D shape

Marine Geology

Volumn 332-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-88

  Gay, Aurélien ^a,b   Mourgues, Régis ^c   Berndt, Christian ^b,d   Bureau, Denis ^a,f   Planke, Sverre ^e   Laurent, Dimitri ^a   Gautier, Stéphanie ^a   Lauer, Christine ^a   Loggia, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^d Geomar ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid migration; Focused fluid flow; Pipe; Seismic chimney

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D SEISMIC DATA; CRITICAL DEPTH; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID MIGRATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; SEA FLOOR; SEEP STRUCTURES; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATAS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; V-SHAPED STRUCTURE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HOT SPRINGS; PIPE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PALEOCENE; PIPE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; SILL; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; SEAFLOOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; VORING BASIN; NORWAY;

EID: 84870731459     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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