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Tectonostratigraphic Evolution Of A Suprasalt Minibasin, Oligocene - Miocene Western Slope Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Felix Alan Ramirez
Tectonostratigraphic Evolution Of A Suprasalt Minibasin, Oligocene - Miocene Western Slope Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Felix Alan Ramirez
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The petroleum industry has focused Gulf of Mexico exploration efforts on salt-related geologic provinces in search of major hydrocarbon accumulations. This work has led to recognition of the influence that salt tectonics has had on play elements of the petroleum system in the producing salt basins. In particular, the complex depositional patterns of the reservoir rocks controlled by shifting depocenters resulting from the accommodation space generated by salt withdrawal from minibasins.
The focus of this research is to understand the structural and stratigraphic components that controlled the evolution of an Oligocene - Miocene suprasalt minibasin located in the upper continental …