Fault reactivation and fluid flow along a previously dormant normal fault in the Northern North Sea

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 595-598

  Wiprut, D ^a   Zoback, M D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Faults; Leakage; Norway; Pore pressure; Stress

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PORE PRESSURE; STRESSES;

BOUNDING FAULTS; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; FAULT REACTIVATION; FRICTIONAL SLIP; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NORWAY; SEISMIC IMAGING; TECTONIC FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT; FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; PORE PRESSURE; REACTIVATION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 84879886429     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<595:FRAFFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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