Distribution of subsurface fluid-flow systems in the SW Barents Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-221

  Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Chand, Shyam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Fluid flow; Gas chimneys; Gas hydrates; Seismic

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; SEISMIC; STRONG CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

CHIMNEYS; EROSION; FAULTING; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE ROCK; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84876708543     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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