Salt Tectonics : Principles and Practice (Hardcover)

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.