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Aspects of salt diapirism and structural evolution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic basins at the West Iberian margin

João Casacão, Francisco Silva, João Rocha, Joana Almeida, and Mário Santos

AAPG Bulletin

... or noncommercial discoveries in some of the wells drilled on the flanks of salt diapirs. The existence of working petroleum systems in the Lusitanian Basin...

Tectonic Basis for Oil-Gas Exploration in the North Border Zone of the Caspian Synclize

V. A. Klubov, L. E. Levin, G. B. Sal’man, M. B. Ezdrin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

..., a sharp differentiation is established for the flanks of the Saratov and Zhigulevsko-Pugachev blocks, which are turned toward the Caspian plate...

Full waveform inversion of simultaneous long-offset data

Nizar Chemingui, Alejandro A. Valenciano, Andrew Long

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...; particularly the salt flanks and the subsalt reflectors. growing demand for acquiring better data for FWI, e.g., longer offsets from ocean bottom seismic...

Physical Modeling of a Prograding Delta on a Mobile Substrate; Dynamic Interactions between Progradation and Deformation; #51356 (2017)

Eunsil Jung, Wonsuck Kim

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... and western flanks of the basin. In previous research, these differences in salt development are attributed to sediment transport from the Ural Mountains...

Regional Stratigraphy of Upper Jurassic Smackover Carbonates of Southwest Alabama

Ernest A. Mancini , D. Joe Benson

GCAGS Transactions

... Alabama make excellent petroleum source rocks. The flanks of the Wiggins-Conecuh ridge and updip Smackover grainstones associated with salt structures...

Fluid Flow, Stratigraphy and Structure in the Vicinity of the South Liberty Salt Dome, Texas

Banga, Tat, Capuano, Regina M., and van Nieuwenhuise, Donald S.

GCAGS Transactions

... Formations along the flanks of the South Liberty salt dome have been used to determine fluid sources and flow patterns around the salt dome. The water...

Effect of Diapir Growth on Synkinematic Deepwater Sedimentation: The Bakio Diapir (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain); #41385 (2014)

O. Ferrer, P. Arbués, E. Roca, K. Giles, M. G. Rowan, M. De Matteis, J. A. Muñoz

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...; the height and width of topographic relief over the two diapir flanks; the dip of the salt-sediment interface (outwardly dipping or flaring...

Thermal Anomalies Near Salt: A Porosity Preservation Window

Thomas R. Taylor, Melvyn R. Giles, Lori A. Hathon, Gino V. Birbiglia, Mark G. Kittridge, Neil R. Braunsdorf

GCAGS Transactions

..., p. 396–403. Vizgirda, J., J. J. O’Brien, and I. Lerche, 1985, Thermal anomalies on the flanks of a salt dome: Geothermics, v. 14, p. 553–565...

Robust phase-driven time warping FWI for salt reconstruction

Guanghui Huang, Alejandro Alcudia-León, Jaime Ramos-Martínez, Nizar Chemingu

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... addresses the challenging issue of cycle-skipping, often encountered in complex regions with uncertain salt geometry, particularly around salt flanks...

Velocity and Stratigraphic Models of Dnieper-Donets Paleo-Rift (Reshetilov-Sinevka Deep Seismic Sounding Profile)

T. V. Il’chenko, L. T. Kalyuzhnaya

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... at 150-200 m. The Upper Devonian rift stage consists of four litho-facies types: 1) salt-clastic, 2) effusive-salt, 3) effusive, and 4) carbonate-clastic...

Evolution of Salt Structures, East Texas Diapir Province, Part 2: Patterns and Rates of Halokinesis

S. J. Seni, M. P. A. Jackson

AAPG Bulletin

.... Furthermore, if traced laterally, tectonic flattening diminishes because the rise of underlying salt in the flanks is less than in the dome axis. Compactional...

Relation of Subsalt Structures to Suprasalt Structures During Extension

D. D. Schultz-Ela, M. P. A. Jackson

AAPG Bulletin

... discoveries of hydrocarbons beneath allochthonous salt sheets have heightened interest in the location and geometry of subsalt structures, including...

Origin and Environmental Application of Depth-Related Strontium-Isotope Ratios in Brines from the Wilcox Group (Middle Wilcox Aquifer) of East Central Louisiana.

Glenn F. Huff , Jeffrey S. Hanor

GCAGS Transactions

... the feasibility of ground-water flow along the flanks of salt domes in response to density and thermal gradients (Ranganathan and Hanor, 1988; 1989; Evans...

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Petroleum Seeps, Green Canyon and Ewing Bank, Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Petroleum Migration

Gretchen Bolchert, Paul Weimer, Barry C. McBride

GCAGS Transactions

.... These faults frequently occur above and on the flanks of salt bodies. Petroleum migration at depth is presumed to be vertical until reaching the base...

Field Examination of Exposed Evaporite-Related Structures, United States and Mexico: Relations to Subsurface Gulf of Mexico Examples

James J. Willis, Brian E. Lock, Daniel A. Ruberg, Kristie C. Cornell

GCAGS Transactions

..., Brian E. Lock, Daniel A. Ruberg, Kristie C. Cornell 2001 399 408 Vol. 51 (2001), Considerable exploration attention has been devoted to salt...

A Royal Flush in the Great Campos (Brazil's Santos-Campos) Basin, #10994 (2017).

Craig F. Schiefelbein, William Dickson

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...-disciplinary study predicted Santos Basin pre-salt sourcing working from non-exclusive data: key piston cores, a satellite SAR interpretation, 2D basin modeling...

Basin Analysis Aids Exploration in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin - Workshop Summary

Mark Puckett, Ernest A. Mancini, Bennett Bearden

PTTC

... will be prospective. an actively subsiding Drilling of salt dome flanks depocenter throughout the may be the most important Mesozoic and early Cenozoic...

Observations on Paradox Basin Salt Anticlines

Hellmut H. Doelling

Grand Junction Geological Society

.... Observations at Salt Valley Anticline A salt anticline, such as the Salt Valley anticline, is very complex. The flanks dip gently to moderately (5...

Four Corners Geological Society: Field Trip Road Log: Northeastern Paradox Basin Salt Anticline Area: June 2 And 3, 1967

C. M. Molenaar

Four Corners Geological Society

... and Wingate, Kayenta and Navajo above. Spanish Valley salt anticline is typically faulted along both flanks due to solution of the salt and collapse...

Mississippi Structures and Their Relation to Oil Accumulation

E. P. Thomas

AAPG Bulletin

.... The producing structures may be divided conveniently into four groups: (1) igneous intrusions, (2) piercement salt domes, (3) deep-seated salt domes...

Geomorphic Anomalies, Dead Horse Creek Area, Wyoming

Curtis L. Buttorff

Wyoming Geological Association

... stream segments on the flanks of the anomalies and on the anticlinal noses are interpreted as being structurally controlled. A good example...

Deep Overthrust Structure of Central Part of Tersko-Caspian Foredeep (North Caucasus)

N. V. Koronovskiy, L. V. Panina

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... or to folding up until Akchagyl time. Changes in thickness of Cretaceous, Paleocene-Eocene, and middle Miocene sediments at the crests and on the flanks...

Basin Architecture, Salt Tectonics, and Upper Jurassic Structural Styles, Desoto Canyon Salt Basin, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Grant MacRae , Joel S. Watkins

AAPG Bulletin

... on the seaward flanks of these structures. Thicker salt is found along the shelfal areas east of approximately 86.5°W, offshore Florida (Figure 11...

Tectonic Implications of Diapirism on Hydrocarbon Accumulation in the United Arab Emirates

A.S. Alsharhan, M.G. Salah

CSPG Bulletin

...------------------------ salt structure, the flanks defining the salt body, and the faults or fault patterns associated with salt movement. These are approached...