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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1437-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1437-2018
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Research article
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12 Dec 2018
Research article |
| 12 Dec 2018
| 12 Dec 2018
Formation of linear planform chimneys controlled by preferential hydrocarbon leakage and anisotropic stresses in faulted fine-grained sediments, offshore Angola
Sutieng Ho
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, P.O. Box 13-318, 106 Taipei, Taiwan
Total-CSTJF, Avenue Larribau, Pau 64000, France
Fluid Venting System Research Group, Nancy 54000, France
Martin Hovland
Center for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Postboks 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Fluid Venting System Research Group, Nancy 54000, France
Jean-Philippe Blouet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Unit of Earth Sciences, Fribourg University, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Fluid Venting System Research Group, Nancy 54000, France
Department of Geosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Andreas Wetzel
Geological Institute, University of Basel, Bernoullistrassse 32, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Fluid Venting System Research Group, Nancy 54000, France
Patrice Imbert
Total-CSTJF, Avenue Larribau, Pau 64000, France
Fluid Venting System Research Group, Nancy 54000, France
Daniel Carruthers
CGG MCNV, GeoSolutions, Llandudno, North Wales, LL30 1SA, UK
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Short summary
A newly discovered type of hydrocarbon leakage structure is investigated following the preliminary works of Ho (2013; et al. 2012, 2013, 2016): blade-shaped gas chimneys instead of classical cylindrical ones. These so-called
Linear Chimneysare hydraulic fractures caused by overpressured hydrocarbon fluids breaching cover sediments along preferential directions. These directions are dictated by anisotropic stresses induced by faulting in sediments and pre-existing salt-diapiric structures.
A newly discovered type of hydrocarbon leakage structure is investigated following the...
