Hydraulic fractures: How far can they go?

RJ Davies, SA Mathias, J Moss, S Hustoft… - Marine and petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
The maximum reported height of an upward propagating hydraulic fracture from several
thousand fracturing operations in the Marcellus, Barnett, Woodford, Eagle Ford and Niobrara …

Mud volcanoes: indicators of stress orientation and tectonic controls

M Bonini - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examines the use of specific mud volcano features (ie, elongated calderas,
aligned vents and elongated volcanoes) as potential indicators of tectonic stress orientation …

Recognising triggers for soft-sediment deformation: current understanding and future directions

G Owen, M Moretti, P Alfaro - Sedimentary Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Most of the 16 papers in this special issue were presented at a session entitled “The
recognition of trigger mechanisms for soft-sediment deformation” at the 27th IAS Meeting of …

Shallow gas and focused fluid flow systems in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea

Q Sun, S Wu, J Cartwright, D Dong - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Analysis of three-dimensional seismic data and multibeam data from the Pearl River Mouth
Basin in the northern South China Sea, reveals numerous focused fluid flow features and …

[HTML][HTML] Global case studies of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS): Definitions, classifications, advances, origins, and problems

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2017 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have been the focus of attention for over 150
years. Existing unconstrained definitions allow one to classify a wide range of features under …

Fluid flow features in hydrocarbon plumbing systems: What do they tell us about the basin evolution?

KJ Andresen - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Fluid flow features such as sandstone intrusions, mud volcano systems and pockmarks
represent well-known geological structures generated due to flow of fluids in the subsurface …

Coupled discrete element modeling of fluid injection into dense granular media

F Zhang, B Damjanac, H Huang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The coupled displacement process of fluid injection into a dense granular medium is
investigated numerically using a discrete element method (DEM) code PFC2D® coupled …

Shale transformations and physical properties—Implications for seismic expression of mobile shales

JI Soto, MR Hudec, NH Mondol, M Heidari - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Seismic interpretation of mobile shales is challenging, mostly because of their unclear
seismic expression. Imaging of mobile shales is difficult because of their low seismic …

Structure of mud volcano systems and pockmarks in the region of the Ceuta Contourite Depositional System (Western Alborán Sea)

L Somoza, T Medialdea, R León, G Ercilla, JT Vázquez… - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
New high-resolution seismic and swath bathymetry data reveal the detailed structure of nine
mud volcanoes and two large fields of pockmarks at water depths of 400–1100m in the …

Characterizing ancient and modern hydrothermal venting systems

B Manton, P Müller, A Mazzini, D Zastrozhnov… - Marine Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ancient hydrothermal vent complexes have released large volumes of greenhouse gases in
the past causing global warming, and similar modern vent structures are potential …