Review of submarine cold seep plumbing systems: leakage to seepage and venting

AR Talukder - Terra Nova, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Terra Nova, 24, 255–272, 2012 Abstract Cold seep systems comprise three structural
elements: source, plumbing system, and venting structures or seeping features at or near the …

Understanding geology as the key to using seepage in exploration: the spectrum of seepage styles

J Thrasher, AJ Fleet, SJ Hay, M Hovland… - 1996 - archives.datapages.com
In most basins, lateral subsurface petroleum migration occurs over tens or even hundreds of
kilometers between source rock and trap and between accumulations and the surface. In …

Geological controls on focused fluid flow associated with seafloor seeps in the Lower Congo Basin

A Gay, M Lopez, C Berndt, M Seranne - Marine Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
A synthesis of backscatter imagery coupled with a large 3D seismic dataset in the Lower
Congo Basin (LCB) reveals a patchy distribution of features interpreted to be associated with …

Surface expression of fluid venting at the toe of the Nankai wedge and implications for flow paths

P Henry, S Lallemant, K Nakamura, U Tsunogai… - Marine Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
Cold seeps have been observed with manned submersibles at many sites on the Tokai
margin. Most sites are found on the hanging wall of major thrust faults, within 1–2 km of their …

In situ measurement of fluid flow from cold seeps at active continental margins

P Linke, E Suess, M Torres, V Martens… - Deep Sea Research …, 1994 - Elsevier
In situ measurement of fluid flow rates from active margins is an important parameter in
evaluating dissolved mass fluxes and global geochemical balances as well as tectonic …

[HTML][HTML] Structural controls on shallow fluid flow and associated pockmark fields in the East Breaks area, northern Gulf of Mexico

C Roelofse, TM Alves, J Gafeira - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data, combined with semi-automated mapping in
ArcGIS, were used to analyse the morphology and distribution of 720 pockmarks and 62 …

Three‐dimensional structure of fluid conduits sustaining an active deep marine cold seep

MJ Hornbach, C Ruppel… - Geophysical Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Cold seeps in deep marine settings emit fluids to the overlying ocean and are often
associated with such seafloor flux indicators as chemosynthetic biota, pockmarks, and …

Fluid budgets of subduction zone forearcs: The contribution of splay faults

RM Lauer, DM Saffer - Geophysical Research Letters, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Geochemical and geophysical evidence indicate that splay faults cutting subduction zone
forearcs are a key hydraulic connection between the plate boundary at depth and the …

Marine cold seeps: background and recent advances

E Suess - Hydrocarbons, oils and lipids: Diversity, origin …, 2020 - Springer
Marine cold seeps are windows into different depth levels of the submerged geosphere.
Subduction zones and organic-rich passive margins host most of the world's cold seeps. The …

Fossil seep structures of the Monterey Bay region and tectonic/structural controls on fluid flow in an active transform margin

IW Aiello - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2005 - Elsevier
The subsurface plumbing system of ancient seeps of hydrocarbon-rich gases and fluids is
partially preserved by seep deposits in Miocene rocks of the Coast Ranges and on the …