Abstract: Salt Dome Geometries, Gulf of Mexico Shelf
HANDSCHY, JIM, JILLES VAN DEN BEUKEL, HONGXING GE and FRED DIEGEL, Shell E&P Technology Co.
Summary
Detailed, 3D seismic based structural studies of approximately 20 salt domes in the Gulf of Mexico illustrate the complexities of the salt-sediment interface and the geometric and kinematic relationships between the salt and adjacent faults. Fault patterns adjacent to salt domes are primarily controlled by sub-regional salt evacuation and/or flexing of the sediments above the dome. Faults that intersect salt dome flanks typically curve and intersect the salt tangential to the salt-sediment interface.
AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90937©1998 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah