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Extensional Salt Tectonics

Extensional Salt Tectonics is a geological framework that describes the deformation processes and structural evolution of salt-bearing sedimentary basins undergoing crustal extension, distinguished by the interaction between salt flow and extensional faulting.

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5.5K

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256

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138

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2017–2026

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103

Active Normal Faulting Beneath a Salt Layer: An Experimental Study of Deformation Patterns in the Cover Sequence

Martha Oliver Withjack and Sybil C · AAPG Bulletin · 2000 · 285 citations

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Salt-Related Fault Families and Fault Welds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Mark G. Rowan, Martin P. A. Jackson, Bruce D. Trudgill · AAPG Bulletin · 1999 · 247 citations

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3D seismic analysis of the structure and evolution of a salt-influenced normal fault zone: A test of competing fault growth models

Christopher Jackson, Atle Rotevatn · Journal of Structural Geology · 2013 · 224 citations

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Jurassic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico salt basin

Michael R. Hudec, Ian O. Norton, Martin P. A. Jackson et al. · AAPG Bulletin · 2013 · 219 citations

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Passive‐margin salt basins: hyperextension, evaporite deposition, and salt tectonics

Mark G. Rowan · Basin Research · 2014 · 201 citations

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Authors

256

  1. OF
    Oriol Ferrer

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    9 publications · 351 citations

    9

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  2. MG
    Mark G. Rowan

    Rowan University, United States

    6 publications · 521 citations

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  3. JA
    Josep Antón Muñoz

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    6 publications · 349 citations

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  4. KM
    Ken McClay

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 333 citations

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  5. SA
    Simon A. Stewart

    BP (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    5 publications · 264 citations

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Institutions

138

  1. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    633 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    839 citations

  4. Bureau of Economic Analysis

    Washington D.C., United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    447 citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    211 citations

  7. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    474 citations

  8. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, Spain

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    281 citations

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Venues

  1. Geological Society London Special Publications

    16 publications · 954 citations

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  2. AAPG Bulletin

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Basin Research

    8 publications · 412 citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    7 publications · 187 citations

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  5. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    7 publications · 342 citations

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