EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Similarities and Differences in Salt Tectonics between the Precaspian Basin, Russia, and the Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA

Lowrie, Allen and Kozlov, Evgenii

GCAGS Transactions

... may have been and be relatively minor. However, the development of salt overhangs along salt diapir flanks (Figs. 9A and B) are local and may...

Gulf Coast Structural Geology

R.O. Kehle

New Orleans Geological Society

... occurrence of salt diapirs with grabens. (Modified from Lehner, 1969). End_Page 13------------------------- Structures on the Flanks of the Northern...

Thermal and Time-Temperature Index (TTI) Patterns During Geologic Evolution of North and Central Gulf of Mexico

A. Lowrie , R. Hamiter , M. A. Fogarty , T. Orsi , I. Lerche

GCAGS Transactions

... above the Louann Salt with the salt not restored. Additional reconstructions through Lower Jurassic set a geologic scenario prior to continental...

Seismic Surveying Salt Anticline Region Paradox Basin

G.L. Scott, Sharon Klipping

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... salt anticlines. Lower Cutler beds were upwarped by this flowage along the flanks of the anticlines. Upper Cutler beds, however, are flat lying...

Prospects for a New Oil-Gas Base in the Caspian Basin and its Frame

G. Ye. -A. Ayzenshtadt, A. Z. Dubinin, P. N. Yenikeyev, S. P. Maksimov, P. B. Seyful-Mulyukov, Ye. A. Smirnova, Kh. G. Sokolin, Ya. S. Eventov, M. B. Ezdrin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... second flanks have not been studied at all, nor have the deep parts of the supra-salt section been investigated. Development of the correct procedure...

Growth and evolution of salt canopies on a salt-detached slope: Insights from physical models

Tim P. Dooley, Martin P. A. Jackson, and Michael R. Hudec

AAPG Bulletin

..., 2006). Similar asymmetric salt-sheet geometries are seen in the Zagros fold belt, Iran, where diapirs spread downdip slopes on the flanks of anticlines...

Boling Field: Fort Bend and Wharton Counties, Texas

Ralph B. Cantrell

Houston Geological Society

...-entrant on the flanks of the dome (see Structural Contour Map) where differential uplift accompanying flowage of salt has elevated them about 1,000 feet...

The Salt Domes of South Texas

Donald C. Barton

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the beds on the flanks of the dome varies with the dome, with the depth of the bed, and with the distance from the salt. Dips of more than 45° are common...

The Salt Domes of South Texas

Donald C. Barton

AAPG Bulletin

... is present which covers the top of the dome and extends well down the flanks. On the flanks of the dome, the lateral sediments dip steeply away from the salt...

Abstract: Lower Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stratigraphy and Depositional History, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands; #90171 (2013)

Ashton F. Embry

Search and Discovery.com

.... On the basin flanks, the Carnian succession is bound above and below by major unconformities and it comprises a second order sequence...

Abstract: Lower Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stratigraphy and Depositional History, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands; #90171 (2013)

Ashton F. Embry

Search and Discovery.com

.... On the basin flanks, the Carnian succession is bound above and below by major unconformities and it comprises a second order sequence...

Structural Features of Southwest Alabama (From Joiner and Moore, 1966)

New Orleans Geological Society

... of the deep-lying Louann Salt of Jurassic age in southwest Alabama. The Salt Basin Southwest Alabama represents the easternmost extension...

Geologic Model of Sub-Salt Complex of North Caspian Depression and Oil-Gas Potential

N. A. Krylov, V. P. Avrov, Z. V. Golubeva

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... positive structural feature. On the south and southeast flanks of this feature there is a marked increase in thickness of the sub-salt section, particularly...

Prospects for Exploration for Oil and Gas Pools of the Non-Anticlinal Type on the Flanks of the Nepa Dome

V. V. Samsonov, A. S. Povyshev, B. L. Ryb’yakov, A. P. Zheleznova, A. S. Sidorenko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...Prospects for Exploration for Oil and Gas Pools of the Non-Anticlinal Type on the Flanks of the Nepa Dome V. V. Samsonov, A. S. Povyshev, B. L. Ryb...

Unifying Offshore Brazil: From the Abimael Propagator to the Abrolhos Islands

Andrew Hartwig, Jonathan Denly, Jeff Faw, ION

GEO ExPro Magazine

...-dipping salt flanks and deep basement structures across the region. Latest Datasets To date, five phases of the Picanha 3D program have been...

Tectonics of the Repetek Zone of Uplifts

O. I. Kalinin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... that probably reflect deep regional ruptures in the sedimentary cover. The southwest flanks of the uplifts are down-dropped, the slip on the faults reaches...

Studies of the Suitability of Salt Domes in East Texas Basin for Geologic Isolation of Nuclear Wastes (1)

Charles W. Kreitler

GCAGS Transactions

..., are located at different depths in the Wilcox aquifer, around Oakwood salt dome. Monitoring wells are located hydrogeologically updip on the flanks...

Nash Salt Dome, Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties, Texas

Michel T. Halbouty, George C. Hardin Jr.

Houston Geological Society

...Nash Salt Dome, Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties, Texas Michel T. Halbouty, George C. Hardin Jr. 1962 134 137 Location and Definition The Nash Salt...

Prospects for Discovery of Large Gas Fields in the Salt-Dome Regions Between the Volga and Ural Rivers

V. L. Sokolov, G. N. Krichevskiy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...Prospects for Discovery of Large Gas Fields in the Salt-Dome Regions Between the Volga and Ural Rivers V. L. Sokolov, G. N. Krichevskiy 1966 147 151...

Nature and Origin of Paradox Basin Salt Structures

Wm. Lee Stokes

Utah Geological Association

... and joint patterns on the flanks of the anticlines were shown to be closely related to the centers of salt activity and these give significant...

Pre-Cretaceous Geology of Pool Creek Field Jones County, Mississippi

Edward D. Minihan, Marvin L. Oxley

GCAGS Transactions

.... Knowledge gained from the study of this field will materially aid in the search for other Jurassic Prospects. Pool Creek is an intermediate type salt...

Recent Studies of South Persian Salt Plugs

P. E. Kent

AAPG Bulletin

...Recent Studies of South Persian Salt Plugs P. E. Kent 1958 2951 2972 42 12. (December) In 1948-1951 traverses of unexplored country near the Persian...

Salt Evacuation History and Depositional Corridors in the Annapolis and Crimson Region - Do These Wells Really Provide an Accurate Test of Sand Presence in Deepwater?, #40622 (2010)

Kris L. Kendell, Mark E. Deptuck,

Search and Discovery.com

...Salt Evacuation History and Depositional Corridors in the Annapolis and Crimson Region - Do These Wells Really Provide an Accurate Test of Sand...

The Evolving Exploration of the Subsalt Play in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico

Dwight "Clint" Moore , Robert O. Brooks

GCAGS Transactions

... as vertical diapirs rooted to autochthonous salt deposits. Throughout the 1970-80's, explorers had drilled around the flanks of these salt diapirs...

Recent Salt Related Uplift and Subsidence at Sour Lake Salt Dome, Hardin County, Texas

Karl M. Looff

GCAGS Transactions

...Recent Salt Related Uplift and Subsidence at Sour Lake Salt Dome, Hardin County, Texas Karl M. Looff 2001 187 194 Vol. 51 (2001), Sour Lake...