A Deterministic Evaluation of eismic Fidelity using Velocity Modeling ...
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are descriptions <strong>of</strong> eight distinct tectono-stratigraphic regions (Figure 12). These eight<br />
provinces are, from downdip to updip, the contractional foldbelt, tabular salt-minibasin,<br />
Pliocene-Pleistocene detachment, salt dome minibasin, Oligocene-Miocene detachment,<br />
Oligocene Vicksberg detachment, upper Eocene detachment, and Wilcox growth fault<br />
provinces. Areas dominated by listric growth faults soling on subhorizontal detachments<br />
and the large salt dome minibasin province divide the shelf and onshore areas.<br />
Geographically the salt dome minibasin province subdivided into updip, eastern, and<br />
mid-shelf sectors (Diegel, et al., 1995). Vinton Dome is located in the updip sector.<br />
Intervening shelf minibasins bounded by large displacement, arcuate, with predominate<br />
counter-regional growth faults is the description <strong>of</strong> the minibasin province.<br />
Distinguishing the updip sector are isolated structural systems surrounded by areas <strong>of</strong><br />
relatively simple structures. Characterizing these structures as isolated minibasins<br />
rimmed by arcuate faults and flanking salt domes formed during evacuation <strong>of</strong> isolated<br />
allochthonous salt bodies. Working from the deep water Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico to the inner<br />
shelf, where the updip minibasin sector is located, is a model <strong>of</strong> shelf margin<br />
progradation <strong>of</strong> southern Louisiana (Figure 13). Coalescing <strong>of</strong> allochthonous salt formed<br />
a continuous canopy resulting in the development <strong>of</strong> a salt-based detachment system and<br />
salt-floored minibasins formed where the salt bodies where isolated. These mechanisms<br />
produced structures described as salt-based detachments and stepped counter regional<br />
fault systems (Diegel, et al., 1995).<br />
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