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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
RWTH Aachen University, Energy- and Mineral Resources
Group, Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, Aachen,
Germany
F. Strozyk
RWTH Aachen University, Energy and Mineral Resources
Group, Geological Institute, Aachen, Germany
J. Visser
Nedmag Industries Mining & Manufacturing B.V., Veendam,
the Netherlands
J. L. Urai
RWTH Aachen University, Energy- and Mineral Resources
Group, Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, Aachen,
Germany
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- Major heterogeneity in evaporitic depositional systems: The genesis of kilometre-scale gypsum networks in the Zechstein Basin J. Moneron
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- External and internal salt geometries – a mining and geoscience review P. Kukla et al.
- Quantitative seismic-stratigraphic interpretation of the evaporite sequence in the Santos Basin L. Teixeira et al.
- K-Mg salt distribution in the Zechstein Group of the Northern Permian Basin (UK and Norway)— Interplays with the Southern Permian Basin and implications for salt cavern development A. Pichat et al.
- The ocean-continent transition in the Western Central Red Sea N. Mitchell et al.
- Intra-salt structure and strain partitioning in layered evaporites: implications for drilling through Messinian salt in the eastern Mediterranean S. Evans & C. Jackson
- Three-dimensional seismic classification of salt structure morphologies across the Southern North Sea C. Brennan et al.
- Major heterogeneity in evaporitic depositional systems: The genesis of kilometre-scale gypsum networks in the Zechstein Basin J. Moneron
- Structural and microstructural analysis of K–Mg salt layers in the Zechstein 3 of the Veendam Pillow, NE Netherlands: development of a tectonic mélange during salt flow A. Raith et al.
- Palaeogeography and tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of the Aptian Ezanga‐Loémé evaporites along the proximal domain of the south Gabon‐Congo‐Cabinda margin A. Pichat et al.
- Multiphase Structural Evolution and Geodynamic Implications of Messinian Salt‐Related Structures, Levant Basin, Offshore Israel K. Kartveit et al.
- Probabilistic Estimation of Seismically Thin-Layer Thicknesses with Application to Evaporite Formations L. Teixeira et al.
- Stratigraphy, Paleogeography and Depositional Setting of the K–Mg Salts in the Zechstein Group of Netherlands—Implications for the Development of Salt Caverns A. Pichat
- A new mode of syn-depositional folding in the Zechstein Supergroup due to differential loading and diagenetically induced density inversion B. Aldridge et al.
- Structural evolution of continental and marine Permian rock salt of the North German Basin: constraints from microfabrics, geochemistry and U–Pb ages M. Henneberg et al.
- Basin-scale development of giant collapse structures induced by gypsum diagenesis J. Moneron & C. Jackson
- Taking the Pulse of Salt‐Detached Gravity Gliding in the Eastern Mediterranean S. Evans et al.
- Deformation of intrasalt competent layers in different modes of salt tectonics M. Rowan et al.
- The early life of a salt giant: 3D seismic study on syntectonic Zechstein salt and stringer deposition on the Friesland Platform, Netherlands J. Barabasch et al.
- Rheological stratification in impure rock salt during long-term creep: morphology, microstructure, and numerical models of multilayer folds in the Ocnele Mari salt mine, Romania M. Adamuszek et al.
- Capturing Geological Uncertainty in Salt Cavern Developments for Hydrogen Storage H. Barnett et al.
- The effect of salt in dilatant faults on rates and magnitudes of induced seismicity – first results building on the geological setting of the Groningen Rotliegend reservoirs M. Kettermann et al.
- Salt tectonics synchronous with salt deposition in the Santos Basin (Ariri Formation, Brazil) N. Célini et al.
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Short summary
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.
3D seismic and well data were used to study the evolution of salt pillows with extreme...
