ASM 5

Salt

Salt


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Category Nature Studies
Level University
Created / Updated 11.01.2013 / 11.01.2013
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two types of shallow sea evaportie formation

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two main controls on large scale evaporites

atmosphere circulation

tectonics (eg. south americal and africa, cretaceous)

modern day evaporite examples

aral sea

death valley

3 key points of salt rehology

2 extra properties

weakness

ductility

incompressibility

 

impermeable

conductive

velocity in salt

4400m/s

what pressure does salt become ductile

2200kg/m3

three types of loading that can drive salt flow

gravitiational loading (hydraulic head)

displacement loading

thermal loading

reactive piercement

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active piercement

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erosional piercement

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thrust piercement

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four types of piercement in brittle overburden

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2 types of piercement of ductile overburden

ductile piercement, if overburden is completely pierced passive diapirism occurs

reactive phase of salt diapirism

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conditions of active diapirism in extensional setting

can only take place if salt is less dense than overburden

active diapirism occurs...

 

Subsequent to reactive diapirism if overburden has been thinned and weakened sufficiently for salt to pierce forcibly

evolutution of diapirism types

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progression of diapirism type depends on ...

(3)

avilability of salt

sedimentation rate

total amount of extension

piercement during shortening

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key differnece between piercement during shortening and passive piercement

bouyancy is main driver in passive, shortening is main driver in active

teardrop diapirism growth

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suture above salt pedestal is called

feeder weld

four types of salt sheet advance

extrusive

open toed

thrusting

salt wings

extrusive sheet advance

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extrusive sheet open-toed advance

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extrusive sheet thrust advance

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sheet advance: salt wings

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falling down slope diaprism words to describe stretching and compression

updip extension and downdip contraction