Abstract The Gulf of Mexico is a small ocean basin lying between the North American plate
and the Yucatan block. Following initiation in the Middle Jurassic, sea-floor spreading …

The idea of a simple linear boundary between continental and oceanic crust at extended
continental margins is widely recognized to be an oversimplification. Despite this, such …

Abstract The Upper Jurassic Haynesville Shale is currently regarded as one of the most
prolific emerging shale-gas plays in the continental United States. It has estimated play …

Since the latest Triassic, the Caribbean started to form as a system of rift valleys within
westcentral Pangea, later evolving into a mediterranean sea where distinct volcanic and non …

The Gulf of Mexico Basin is one of the most prolific hydrocarbon-producing basins in the
world, with an estimated endowment of 200 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This book …

We present a new hypothesis for the Jurassic plate-tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico
basin and discuss how this evolution influenced Jurassic salt tectonics. Four interpretations …

Salt-related faults and fault welds in the northern Gulf of Mexico are classified based on the
three-dimensional geometry of the faults or welds, deformed strata, and associated salt …

The area of northern Mexico and Texas combines elements from two different tectono-
stratigraphic provinces—(a) the Gulf of Mexico province (GOM province), located along the …

Cuba is considered here to consist of two separate geological units: afoldbelt and a
neoautochthon. The foldbelt can be subdivided into:(i) continental units, comprising …

The Jurassic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Basin is related intimately to the break-up of the
late Paleozoic supercontinent Pangea and to the early evolution of the Atlantic/proto …