Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins: Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Potential deals with the evolution and tectonic significance of the Triassic evaporite rocks in the Alpine orogenic system and the Neogene basins in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and the western Mediterranean. As the nature of the Triassic evaporite sequences, the varied diapiric structures they feed, and the occurrence of hydrocarbons suggest that the Triassic evaporites represent an efficient system to trap hydrocarbons, this book explores the topic with a wide swath, also devoting content to a relatively unexplored topic, the mobilization and deformation of the Triassic salt in the western and northern Tethys (from Iberia and North Africa, Pyrenees and Alps, Adriatic and Ionian) during the subsequent Alpine orogenic processes. The book includes chapters updating varied topics, like the Permian and Triassic chronostratigraphic scales, palaeogeographic reconstructions of the western Tethys since the Late Permian, the petroleum systems associated with Permo-Triassic salt, allochthonous salt tectonics, and a latest revision of salt tectonic processes in the Permian Zechstein Basin, the Atlantic Margins (from Barents Sea, Scotia, Portugal, Morocco, and Mauritania), the Alpine folded belts in Europe, and the various Triassic salt provinces in North Africa.
The book is the go-to guide for salt tectonic researchers and those working in the hydrocarbon exploration industry.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Epigraph - p. v 6. Dedication - p. vii 7. In Memoriam - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xix 9. Foreword - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Part I: Salt Tectonics in Time and Space - p. xxiii 12. Chapter 1: Permo-Triassic Basins and Tectonics in Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins: A Synthesis - p. xxiii 13. Chapter 2: The Permian and Triassic Chronostratigraphic Scales—Framework for Ordering Events - p. 41 14. Chapter 3: Late Permian-Early Jurassic Paleogeography of Western Tethys and the World - p. 55 15. Chapter 4: An Overview of Allochthonous Salt Tectonics - p. 95 16. Chapter 5: The Internal Structure of the Zechstein Salt and Related Drilling Risks in the Northern Netherlands - p. 114 17. Chapter 6: Petroleum Systems and Play Types Associated With Permo-Triassic Salt in Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Region - p. 128 18. Part II: Zechstein Basin - p. 156 19. Chapter 7: Paleogeographic Evolution of Latest Permian and Triassic Salt Basins in Northwest Europe - p. 156 20. Chapter 8: Composition, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbon Significance of Zechstein Supergroup Salt on the United Kingdom and Norwegian Continental Shelves: A Review - p. 173 21. Chapter 9: Structure and Evolution of the Glueckstadt Graben in Relation to the Other PostPermian Subbasins of the Central European Basin System - p. 201 22. Chapter 10: The Tectonic History of the Zechstein Basin in the Netherlands and Germany - p. 220 23. Chapter 11: Permo-Triassic Evaporites of the Polish Basin and Their Bearing on the Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon System, an Overview - p. 241 24. Part III: Atlantic Margins - p. 261 25. Chapter 12: Salt Tectonics of the Norwegian Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland Shelf - p. 261 26. Chapter 13: A Review of Mesozoic-Cenozoic Salt Tectonics Along the Scotian Margin, Eastern Canada - p. 286 27. Chapter 14: Influence of Salt Diapirism on the Basin Architecture and Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Western Iberian Margin - p. 312 28. Chapter 15: Salt Tectonics Along the Atlantic Margin of NW Africa (Morocco and Mauritania) - p. 329 29. Chapter 16: Salt Tectonics Within the Offshore Asturian Basin: North Iberian Margin - p. 351 30. Part IV: Alpine Folded Belts - p. 368 31. Chapter 17: Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain - p. 368 32. Chapter 18: The Southern Pyrenees: A Salt-Based Fold-and-Thrust Belt - p. 393 33. Chapter 19: Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc - p. 415 34. Chapter 20: The Role of the Triassic Evaporites Underneath the North Alpine Foreland - p. 446 35. Chapter 21: The Eastern Alps: Multistage Development of Extremely Deformed Evaporites - p. 466 36. Chapter 22: Salt Tectonics in the Carnian Evaporite Basin of the Eastern Balkan-Forebalkan Region of Bulgaria - p. 482 37. Chapter 23: The Triassic Evaporites in the Evolution of the Adriatic Basin - p. 497 38. Chapter 24: The Ionian Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Central and Southern Albania: A Petroleum Province With Triassic Evaporites - p. 516 39. Part V: North Africa - p. 539 40. Chapter 25: Styles of Salt Tectonics in Central Tunisia: An Overview - p. 539 41. Chapter 26: Salt Tectonics in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - p. 561 42. Chapter 27: Development of an Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic Evaporite Basin on the Saharan Platform, North Africa - p. 579 43. Index - p. 601
Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins: Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Potential deals with the evolution and tectonic significance of the Triassic evaporite rocks in the Alpine orogenic system and the Neogene basins in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and the western Mediterranean. As the nature of the Triassic evaporite sequences, the varied diapiric structures they feed, and the occurrence of hydrocarbons suggest that the Triassic evaporites represent an efficient system to trap hydrocarbons, this book explores the topic with a wide swath, also devoting content to a relatively unexplored topic, the mobilization and deformation of the Triassic salt in the western and northern Tethys (from Iberia and North Africa, Pyrenees and Alps, Adriatic and Ionian) during the subsequent Alpine orogenic processes. The book includes chapters updating varied topics, like the Permian and Triassic chronostratigraphic scales, palaeogeographic reconstructions of the western Tethys since the Late Permian, the petroleum systems associated with Permo-Triassic salt, allochthonous salt tectonics, and a latest revision of salt tectonic processes in the Permian Zechstein Basin, the Atlantic Margins (from Barents Sea, Scotia, Portugal, Morocco, and Mauritania), the Alpine folded belts in Europe, and the various Triassic salt provinces in North Africa.
The book is the go-to guide for salt tectonic researchers and those working in the hydrocarbon exploration industry.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Epigraph - p. v 6. Dedication - p. vii 7. In Memoriam - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xix 9. Foreword - p. xxi 10. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 11. Part I: Salt Tectonics in Time and Space - p. xxiii 12. Chapter 1: Permo-Triassic Basins and Tectonics in Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins: A Synthesis - p. xxiii 13. Chapter 2: The Permian and Triassic Chronostratigraphic Scales—Framework for Ordering Events - p. 41 14. Chapter 3: Late Permian-Early Jurassic Paleogeography of Western Tethys and the World - p. 55 15. Chapter 4: An Overview of Allochthonous Salt Tectonics - p. 95 16. Chapter 5: The Internal Structure of the Zechstein Salt and Related Drilling Risks in the Northern Netherlands - p. 114 17. Chapter 6: Petroleum Systems and Play Types Associated With Permo-Triassic Salt in Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Region - p. 128 18. Part II: Zechstein Basin - p. 156 19. Chapter 7: Paleogeographic Evolution of Latest Permian and Triassic Salt Basins in Northwest Europe - p. 156 20. Chapter 8: Composition, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbon Significance of Zechstein Supergroup Salt on the United Kingdom and Norwegian Continental Shelves: A Review - p. 173 21. Chapter 9: Structure and Evolution of the Glueckstadt Graben in Relation to the Other PostPermian Subbasins of the Central European Basin System - p. 201 22. Chapter 10: The Tectonic History of the Zechstein Basin in the Netherlands and Germany - p. 220 23. Chapter 11: Permo-Triassic Evaporites of the Polish Basin and Their Bearing on the Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon System, an Overview - p. 241 24. Part III: Atlantic Margins - p. 261 25. Chapter 12: Salt Tectonics of the Norwegian Barents Sea and Northeast Greenland Shelf - p. 261 26. Chapter 13: A Review of Mesozoic-Cenozoic Salt Tectonics Along the Scotian Margin, Eastern Canada - p. 286 27. Chapter 14: Influence of Salt Diapirism on the Basin Architecture and Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Western Iberian Margin - p. 312 28. Chapter 15: Salt Tectonics Along the Atlantic Margin of NW Africa (Morocco and Mauritania) - p. 329 29. Chapter 16: Salt Tectonics Within the Offshore Asturian Basin: North Iberian Margin - p. 351 30. Part IV: Alpine Folded Belts - p. 368 31. Chapter 17: Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain - p. 368 32. Chapter 18: The Southern Pyrenees: A Salt-Based Fold-and-Thrust Belt - p. 393 33. Chapter 19: Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc - p. 415 34. Chapter 20: The Role of the Triassic Evaporites Underneath the North Alpine Foreland - p. 446 35. Chapter 21: The Eastern Alps: Multistage Development of Extremely Deformed Evaporites - p. 466 36. Chapter 22: Salt Tectonics in the Carnian Evaporite Basin of the Eastern Balkan-Forebalkan Region of Bulgaria - p. 482 37. Chapter 23: The Triassic Evaporites in the Evolution of the Adriatic Basin - p. 497 38. Chapter 24: The Ionian Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Central and Southern Albania: A Petroleum Province With Triassic Evaporites - p. 516 39. Part V: North Africa - p. 539 40. Chapter 25: Styles of Salt Tectonics in Central Tunisia: An Overview - p. 539 41. Chapter 26: Salt Tectonics in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - p. 561 42. Chapter 27: Development of an Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic Evaporite Basin on the Saharan Platform, North Africa - p. 579 43. Index - p. 601
