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Continental Margin Salt Tectonics

The Perdido Fold Belt, Gulf of Mexico

Papers

• Gradmann, S., C. Beaumont, and M. Albertz (2009), Factors controlling the evolution of the Perdido Fold Belt, northwestern Gulf of Mexico, determined from numerical models, Tectonics, 28, TC2002, doi:10.1029/2008TC002326.

  • S. Gradmann,
    Department of Earth Sciences,
    Dalhousie University
    1355 Oxford Street
    PO Box 15000
    Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
    Canada

  • C. Beaumont,
    Department of Oceanography
    Dalhousie University
    1355 Oxford Street
    PO Box 15000
    Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
    Canada

  • Markus Albertz,
    Department of Oceanography
    Dalhousie University
    1355 Oxford Street
    PO Box 15000
    Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
    Canada
    Now at
    ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas, USA

  The auxiliary material contains three movie files showing the evolution of selected numerical models used in the study of the Perdido Fold Belt, northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

  1. 2008tc002326-ms01.mp4 Animation of reference model R0, showing the general evolution of a gravity-driven salt-cored deep-water fold belt on a continental margin.
  2. 2008tc002326-ms02.mp4 Animation of regional model RM1, showing the evolution of a propagating fold belt and allochthonous salt structures above the distal salt basin.
  3. 2008tc002326-ms03.mp4 Animation of regional model RM2, showing the evolution of a propagating fold belt and allochthonous salt structures above the central salt basin.

If you experience problems viewing the animations, right-click and save the file to disk before viewing.

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