Episodic Fluid Flow in an Aseismic Overpressured Growth Fault, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 199-205

  Losh, Steven ^a   Haney, Matthew ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Faults (Geology); Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

3-D SEISMIC SURVEY; ASEISMIC FAULTS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURE NETWORK; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PALEOTEMPERATURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84951174148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/170GM20     Document Type: Chapter

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