Salt
System
Evolution and Controls on the Development of Stratigraphic
Sequences
Manuel Paz, Colorado School of
Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, [email protected]
The distribution of reservoirs sands
in salt controlled settings is complex, and intimately associated with the
structural evolution of the salt
system
. This project seeks to establish the
controls that salt
system
evolution exert on the depositional sequences. This
is a critical part of the
petroleum
system
. By establishing the history of salt
evolution through structural restorations, this project seeks to constrain the
complex bathymetry that controlled sand distribution over time.