Salt tectonics : principles and practice /

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Main Authors: Jackson, M. P. A
Group Author: Hudec, Michael R. Michael Robert
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xv, 498 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-494) and index.
ISBN: 9781107013315
1107013313
Index Number: QE513
CLC: P619.210.2
Call Number: P619.210.2/J134
Contents: Evaporite deposition and flow. Introduction ; Evaporites and their deposition ; Salt flow -- Salt structures. Salt pillows and salt anticlines ; Salt stocks and salt walls ; Salt sheets and salt canopies ; Minibasins ; Internal deformation in salt bodies ; Salt welds -- Salt-tectonic systems. Extensional salt-tectonic systems ; Contractional salt-tectonic systems ; Strike-slip salt tectonic systems -- Practical applications of salt tectonics. Seismic interpretation of salt structures ; Special topics in seismic interpretation of salt canopies ; Influence of salt on petroleum systems.