Miocene structure of Mustang Island, Mustang Island East Addition and part of Matagorda Island, Outer Continental Shelf areas, Gulf of Mexico /
able to accumulate hydrocarbons. Continued sedimentation
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | able to accumulate hydrocarbons. Continued sedimentation anticlines could be potential hydrocarbon traps. Rapid appears to lie along the landward limit of salt deposition in area lies immediately basinward of the Wanda fault. blocks of the Corsair fault formed structural highs that are Corsair-Wanda system. The Corsair fault is an extensive, during the Middle-Upper Miocene caused the underlying salt to Early Miocene sedimentation resulted in differential loading fault. This suggests that the Corsair formed as a result of flanks of a shale ridge. Rollover anticlines characterize increase knowledge of the geology and hence contribute to Interpretation of about 1465 miles of multifold, migrated listric, down to the basin growth fault, lying on the seaward listric, mostly concave up growth fault that diagonally runs neighboring areas in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico helps to of mobile substrates of shale. This caused movement of the overlying sediments to collapse into a half-turtle anticline petroleum exploration and production in the area. primary salt withdrawal. Planar rotation of hangingwall sedimentation during the Middle Miocene was responsible for seismic reflection data, integrated with 35 well log data, served to detail the Miocene structure and its evolution. shale basinward. Further loading caused overlying sediments southwestern part of the study area. These rollover the formation of the contemporaneous growth faults of the the hangingwall blocks of this fault especially in the this part of the Gulf of Mexico. The only salt diapir in the through the area along a southwest-northeast trend. A salt to yield, forming the Clemente-Tomas fault. This is a turtle anticlines and a series of horsts could be prospective undergo secondary withdrawal. This withdrawal caused the Understanding the Miocene structure of Mustang Island and the upon which the Wanda fault appears to detach. The half- withdrawal syncline separates the Wanda from the Corsair zones of hydrocarbon accumulation. The Wanda fault zone |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Geophysics". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 69 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |