Mud volcanism and diapirism have puzzled geoscientists for∼ 2 centuries. They have been
described onshore and offshore in many places on Earth, and although they occur in various …

Accretionary prisms are composed of initially saturated sediments caught in subduction
zone tectonism. As sediments deform, fluid pressures rise and fluid is expelled, resembling a …

Deepwater fold and thrust belts (DWFTBs) are classified into near-field stress-driven Type 1
systems confined to the sedimentary section, and Type 2 systems deformed by either far …

Mudrocks are effective top seals for hydrocarbon accumulations because they possess very
low permeabilities, high capillary entry pressures, and are often laterally continuous basin …

shallow processes and for the pursuit of more Sediments are now known to undergo
deforma tion in a wide variety of geological circumstances. quantitative relationships. With …

The Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, has not experienced any significant (> Mw
7.2) subduction interface earthquakes since historical records began∼ 170 years ago …

RECENT seismological, heat flow and stress measurements in active fault zones such as
the San Andreas have led to the suggestion1, 2 that such zones can be relatively weak. One …

Mudstone permeabilities vary by ten orders of magnitude and by three orders of magnitude
at a single porosity. Much of the range at a given porosity can be explained by differences in …

A discussion of the most relevant morphological features of concretionary bodies and the
different classifications, and the criteria involved in these classifications is presented …

At subduction zones, convergence between the two plates at shallow levels was thought to
occur aseismically, accommodated by asiesmic slip along either the megathrust plate …