Martin P. A. Jackson, Michael R. Hudec

Salt Tectonics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An unrivalled consolidation of topics related to salt tectonics, suitable for graduate students, researchers and professionals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1546g
• ISBN-13: 9781107013315
• ISBN-10: 1107013313
• Artikelnr.: 45154895

Autorenporträt

Martin P. A. Jackson is a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology and holds the William L. Fisher Endowed Chair in Geological Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin. He founded the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory at the University of Texas, a consortium dedicated to research on salt tectonics and supported by the oil industry since 1989. He has taught 73 short courses on salt tectonics to geoscientists around the world. His publications have been cited more than 6800 times (Google Scholar) and have been recognized by five awards from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and from the Geological Society of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of symbols
Part I. Evaporite Deposition and Flow: 1. Introduction
2. Evaporites and their deposition
3. Salt flow
Part II. Salt Structures: 4. Salt pillows and salt anticlines
5. Salt stocks and salt walls
6. Salt sheets and salt canopies
7. Minibasins
8. Internal deformation in salt bodies
9. Salt welds
Part III. Salt-Tectonic Systems: 10. Extensional salt-tectonic systems
11. Contractional salt-tectonic systems
12. Strike-slip salt-tectonic systems
Part IV. Practical Applications of Salt Tectonics: 13. Seismic interpretation of salt structures
14. Special topics in seismic interpretation of salt canopies
15. Influence of salt on petroleum systems
Glossary
References
Index.