The role of salt tectonics in the energy transition: An overview and future challenges

O Duffy, M Hudec, F Peel, G Apps, A Bump… - …, 2023 - gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de
In this paper we examine the role salt tectonics can play in a number of key energy transition
technologies, namely, energy storage as gas in salt caverns (eg hydrogen and compressed …

[HTML][HTML] Salt tectonics and controls on halokinetic-sequence development of an exposed deepwater diapir: The Bakio Diapir, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees

E Roca, O Ferrer, MG Rowan, JA Muñoz… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluates growth strata adjacent to the Bakio Diapir in the Basque Pyrenees,
aiming to discuss the application of halokinetic-sequence concepts, mainly developed in …

Practical turbidite interpretation: The role of relative confinement in understanding reservoir architectures

M Bentley - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Reservoir architecture is key in determining reservoir performance and hydrocarbon
productivity but varies greatly in deep-water clastic reservoir systems. However, the …

The influence of confining topography orientation on experimental turbidity currents and geological implications

EL Soutter, D Bell, ZA Cumberpatch… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Turbidity currents distribute sediment across the seafloor, forming important archives of
tectonic and climatic change on the Earth's surface. Turbidity current deposition is affected …

Hydrodynamics and sediment transport of downslope turbidity current through rigid vegetation

D Han, Z He, YT Lin, Y Wang, Y Guo… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Systematical downslope‐turbidity‐current experiments were performed to clarify the
relationship between sediment‐transport modes and current propagation patterns caused …

Facies distribution along salt walls: The Upper Cretaceous mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits of the Cotiella minibasins (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)

A Kalifi, C Ribes, P Dietrich, E Dujoncquoy… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
To assess the influence of growing salt structures on facies distribution, stratal pattern, and
thickness trends, this paper provides the tectonostratigraphic framework of the outstandingly …

Evolving fill‐and‐spill patterns across linked early post‐rift depocentres control lobe characteristics: Los Molles Formation, Argentina

AMLJ Privat, J Peakall, DM Hodgson… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inherited rift topography controls the sediment routing, timing of sand supply, and
sedimentary linkage of early post‐rift depocentres. Exhumed examples of early post‐rift …

Different scales of salt–sediment interaction during passive diapirism

MG Rowan, KA Giles - AAPG Bulletin, 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Salt–sediment interaction during passive diapirism typically occurs at two distinct scales that
are related to depositional relief from the highs above diapirs to the lows of adjacent …

Challenges and opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration within the Mesozoic sub-basalt plays of the Norwegian Atlantic Margin

B Kilhams, L Chedburn, L Layfield, N Schofield… - Petroleum …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
The sub-basalt domain of the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) is one of the last remaining
hydrocarbon exploration frontiers in Europe. While there is an established geological and …

Bottom current modification of turbidite lobe complexes

A Fuhrmann, IA Kane, E Schomacker… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Submarine lobes form at the distal end of sediment gravity flow systems and are globally
important sinks for sediment, anthropogenic pollutants and organic carbon, as well as …