Geophysical Signature of the Shallow Water Flow in the Deepwater Basin of the Northern South China Sea

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摘要 Shallowwaterflow(SWF),adisastrousgeohazardinthecontinentalmargin,hasthreateneddeepwaterdrillingoperations.Underoverpressureconditions,continualflowdeliveringunconsolidatedsandsupwardintheshallowlayerbelowtheseafloormaycauselargeandlong-lastinguncontrolledflows;theseflowsmayleadtocontrolproblemsandcausewelldamageandfoundationfailure.Eruptionsfromover-pressuredsandsmayresultinseafloorcraters,mounds,andcracks.Detailedstudiesof2D/3DseismicdatafromaslopebasinoftheSouthChinaSea(SCS)indicatedthepotentialpresenceofSWF.Itiscommonlycharacterizedbylowerelasticimpedance,ahigherVp/Vsratio,andahigherPoisson'sratiothanthatforthesurroundingsediments.AnalysisofgeologicaldataindicatedtheSWFzoneoriginatedfromadeepwaterchannelsystemwithgasbearingover-pressuredfluidflowandahighsedimentationrate.WeproposedafluidflowmodelforSWFthatclearlyidentifiesitsstressandpressurechanges.TheruptureofpreviousSWFzonescausedthefluidflowthatoccurredintheBaiyunSagofthenorthernSCS.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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