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Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-67-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-67-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
Research article
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15 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2016

Evolution of rheologically heterogeneous salt structures: a case study from the NE Netherlands

A. F. Raith, F. Strozyk, J. Visser, and J. L. Urai

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3D seismic and well data were used to study the evolution of salt pillows with extreme mechanical stratification to gain a better understanding of layered evaporite deposits. During evaporation an active basement graben caused the local accumulation of thick K-Mg salts. The resulting structure after the following extensional and compressional salt flow was strongly influenced by folding of the ruptured ZIII-AC stringer, leading to thickening and internal deformation of the soft K-Mg salt layers.
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