The salt domes which extend from the Perry County basin to the North Louisiana syncline (Interior Salt basin) are believed by some to occupy this position because they are in a salt basin separate from those of the coastal area; others believe that the movement of the interior salt domes began earlier than the movement of those along the coast. All salt-dome movement is thought to take place where sediments overlying the salt are thickest or perhaps where the Louann Salt is thickest. This paper shows that a definite pattern of distribution exists and that this pattern is influenced by the shape and structure of the basin occupied by the interior salt domes.

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