Geophysics: a moving fluid pulse in a fault zone |
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| Authors: | Haney Matthew M Snieder Roel Sheiman Jon Losh Steven |
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| Institution: | Center for Wave Phenomena and Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. mmhaney@sandia.gov |
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| Abstract: | In the Gulf of Mexico, fault zones are linked with a complex and dynamic system of plumbing in the Earth's subsurface. Here we use time-lapse seismic-reflection imaging to reveal a pulse of fluid ascending rapidly inside one of these fault zones. Such intermittent fault 'burping' is likely to be an important factor in the migration of subsurface hydrocarbons. |
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