Salt tectonics is the study of how and why salt structures evolve and the three-dimensional
forms that result. A fascinating branch of geology in itself, salt tectonics is also vitally …

Movement of gravity-driven systems on passive margins is fuelled by the loss of gravitational
potential energy. Two end-member modes (gravity spreading and gravity gliding) are …

Abstract The Kwanza Basin, Angola, is divided into the Inner and Outer Kwanza salt basins,
separated by a chain of synrift basement highs on which Aptian (112–122 Ma) salt is thin or …

Base‐salt relief influences salt flow, producing three‐dimensionally complex strains and
multiphase deformation within the salt and its overburden. Understanding how base‐salt …

Ramp-syncline basins (RSBs) are characterized by asymmetric depocentres formed by
translation above salt detachments with basal steps. Recognition of these minibasins allows …

Ramp syncline basins filled with synkinematic sediments record the incremental translation
history and translation rates of strata transported over basement ramps. On passive margins …

下刚果盆地油气资源非常丰富, 有较大勘探前景. 但由于其储层是碳酸盐岩储层,
受复杂的盐岩活动影响, 其构造特征及油气成藏特征也非常复杂, 因此给地质认识带来了很大的 …

In salt‐detached gravity‐gliding/spreading systems the detachment geometry is a key
control on the downslope mobility of the supra‐salt sequence. Here, we used regional 3D …

Abstract The Lower Congo Basin and Congo Fan of Angola contain giant oil discoveries in
Oligocene & Miocene deep-water sands; the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary fans in the …

Recently acquired seismic data extends from the platform toward the continental-oceanic
crustal boundary in ultradeep water along the South Atlantic conjugate margins. Preliminary …