Summary report of the sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, and environmental conditions of the United States middle and northern Continental Margin in area of proposed oil and gas lease sale no. 76

Summary report of the sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential and environmental conditions of the United States middle and northern continental margin in area of proposed oil and gas lease sale No. 82

“…Regional geophysical studies, in addition to data from the B-3 well, have delineated this inferred southeastward prograding carbonate bank or reef complex. This feature is inferred to form the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous shelf edge beneath the present Continental Slope, from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank (Grow, 1981). Previous studies also show the presence of trapping structures associated with this shelf margin carbonate buildup, and block-faulting in the area of the B-3 well (Scholle, 1980), as well as seaward dipping growth faults that may tie into bedding plane faults along the Jurassic slope (Grow, 1980).…”