期刊
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
卷 97, 期 -, 页码 257-276出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.02.002
关键词
Salt tectonics; Diapirs; Minibasins; Encased minibasins; Shortening; Precaspian Basin; Gulf of Mexico
资金
- Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL) Industrial Associates program
- Anadarko
- Apache
- Aramco Services
- BHP Billiton
- BP
- CGG
- Chevron
- Cobalt
- Condor
- ConocoPhillips
- EcoPetrol
- ENI
- ExxonMobil
- Freeport-McMoRan
- Fugro
- Hess
- Ion-GXT
- LUKOIL Overseas Services
- Maersk
- Marathon
- Murphy
- Nexen USA
- Noble
- Pemex
- Petrobras
- PGS
- Repsol
- Rockfield
- Samson
- Shell
- Spectrum
- Statoil
- Stone Energy
- TGS
- Total
- Venari Resources
- Woodside
- Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Minibasin provinces are widespread and can be found in all types of salt tectonic settings, many of which are prone to shortening. Previous studies of how minibasin provinces shorten assume that the salt between the minibasins is homogeneous and that the base of salt is flat or of low relief, such that mini basins are free to move laterally. Here we investigate how minibasin provinces respond to shortening when the lateral mobility of the minibasins is restricted by intra-salt sediment bodies, in order to gain a greater understanding of the controls on the structural styles and modes of tectono-stratigraphic evolution exhibited in minibasin provinces. We examine a borehole-constrained, 3D seismic reflection dataset from the SE Precaspian Basin (onshore western Kazakhstan). The study area is characterised by large, supra-salt minibasins and an array of smaller intra-salt sediment packages distributed between these larger minibasins. We first outline the evidence of episodic shortening between the Late Triassic and present, after the onset of supra-salt minibasin subsidence. Next, we document spatial variations in shortening style, showing how these relate to the concentration of intra-salt sediment packages. Finally, we develop synoptic models showing how intra-salt sediment packages influence both the lateral mobility of minibasins during shortening and the resultant structural style, and we compare and contrast our findings with existing models and other natural examples of shortened minibasin provinces. We conclude that minibasin provinces may have different degrees of lateral mobility depending on the presence, or absence, of intrasalt shortening style and tectono-stratigraphic evolution. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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