Thin-skinned extensional salt tectonics, counterregional faults, and the Albian Gap of Brazil
MG Rowan, J Tilton, H Lebit, JC Fiduk - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-skinned extension detached on salt is mostly well understood. Faults may dip
basinward or landward (counterregional) and intersect the top salt or equivalent weld at …
basinward or landward (counterregional) and intersect the top salt or equivalent weld at …
Deep-burial hydrothermal alteration of the Pre-Salt carbonate reservoirs from northern Campos Basin, offshore Brazil: Evidence from petrography, fluid inclusions, Sr …
BEM Lima, LR Tedeschi, ALS Pestilho… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Petrographic, mineralogical, elemental, isotopic and fluid inclusion analyses were integrated
to unravel the diagenetic evolution of Brazilian Pre-Salt lacustrine carbonate reservoirs of …
to unravel the diagenetic evolution of Brazilian Pre-Salt lacustrine carbonate reservoirs of …
Environmental conditions of deposition of the Lower Cretaceous lacustrine carbonates of the Barra Velha Formation, Santos Basin (Brazil), based on stable carbon …
R Pietzsch, LR Tedeschi, DM Oliveira, CWD dos Anjos… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents new stable carbon and oxygen isotope data from Lower Cretaceous
lacustrine carbonate rock samples recovered from a well drilled in the Santos Basin …
lacustrine carbonate rock samples recovered from a well drilled in the Santos Basin …
Petrography, geochemistry and origin of South Atlantic evaporites: The Brazilian side
P Szatmari, CM de Lima, G Fontaneta… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery and production, by Petrobras, of over 50 billion barrels in place of pre-salt oil
in Brazil's offshore South Atlantic Santos and Campos basins has drawn worldwide attention …
in Brazil's offshore South Atlantic Santos and Campos basins has drawn worldwide attention …
Challenges for seismic velocity modelling of rafts and impacts for pre-salt depth estimations
GN Camargo, M González, F Borges, A Maul… - Petroleum …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Seismic velocity models have significant importance in subsurface studies, notably when
applied in structurally challenging areas. In some parts of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil …
applied in structurally challenging areas. In some parts of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil …
Salt–magma interactions influence intrusion distribution and salt tectonics in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil
Many sedimentary basins host thick evaporite (salt) deposits. Some of these basins also
host extensive igneous intrusion networks. It thus seems inevitable that, in some locations …
host extensive igneous intrusion networks. It thus seems inevitable that, in some locations …
Dynamo-thermal subsidence and sag–salt section deposition as magma-rich rifted margins move off plume centres along incipient lines of break-up
J Pindell, T Heyn - Journal of the Geological Society, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
Magma-rich rifting generally occurs over mantle plumes or rising convection cells; magma-
poor rifting does not. Plumes produce up to 2 km dynamic elevation, outcompeting synrift …
poor rifting does not. Plumes produce up to 2 km dynamic elevation, outcompeting synrift …
New age and lake chemistry constraints on the Aptian pre-salt carbonates of the central South Atlantic
M Lawson, J Sitgreaves, T Rasbury, K Wooton… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Cretaceous lacustrine carbonates of the offshore Brazilian and West African presalt
basins represent some of the most extensive non-marine carbonates discovered in the …
basins represent some of the most extensive non-marine carbonates discovered in the …
Reconstructing the level of the central Red Sea evaporites at the end of the Miocene
Reconstructing the original depositional level of the Mesozoic and older c 'salt giants' can
reveal if their basins became filled to global sea level, but is complicated by dissolution …
reveal if their basins became filled to global sea level, but is complicated by dissolution …
Base‐salt relief controls salt‐tectonic structural style, São Paulo Plateau, Santos Basin, Brazil
Base‐salt relief influences salt flow, producing three‐dimensionally complex strains and
multiphase deformation within the salt and its overburden. Understanding how base‐salt …
multiphase deformation within the salt and its overburden. Understanding how base‐salt …