Deformation of intrasalt competent layers in different modes of salt tectonics

Rowan, Mark G.; Urai, Janos L.; Fiduk, J. Carl; Kukla, Peter A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-987-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-987-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-987-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

Research article

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28 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 28 Jun 2019

Deformation of intrasalt competent layers in different modes of salt tectonics

Mark G. Rowan, Janos L. Urai, J. Carl Fiduk, and Peter A. Kukla

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments on Rowen et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Mark Rowan, 15 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Review: Rowan et al., se-2019-49', Michael Warsitzka, 29 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Author response to reviewer comments by M. Warsitzka', Mark Rowan, 30 May 2019

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AR by Mark Rowan on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish as is (05 Jun 2019) by David Healy

ED: Publish as is (05 Jun 2019) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)

AR by Mark Rowan on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Ancient evaporite sequences were deposited as interlayered rocksalt, other evaporites, and non-evaporite rocks that have enormous differences in strength. Whereas the ductile layers flow during deformation, strong layers are folded and/or torn apart, with the intrasalt deformation dependent on the mode and history of salt tectonics. This has important implications for accurately imaging and interpreting subsurface seismic data and for drilling wells through evaporite sequences.