Three-dimensional structural model of the Cantarell and Sihil structures, Campeche Bay, Mexico

Mitra, S.; Figueroa, Gerardo Correa; García, Jesús Hernández; Alvarado, Antonio Murillo

doi:10.1306/08310403108

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“…In the 1980s, a second giant field was discovered in K-T boundary carbonate breccias in shallow water prospects of the Yucatan coast in Cantarell, located along the eastern margin of the Gulf of Mexico (Acevedo, 1980;Guzman and MarquezDominguez, 2001;Aquino et al, 2003;Mitra et al, 2005;Standing, 2006;Fig. 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

Interactions between the Laramide Foreland and the passive margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Tectonics and sedimentation in the Golden Lane area, Veracruz State, Mexico

Alzaga-Ruiz

López

Roure

et al. 2009

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Interactions between the Laramide Foreland and the passive margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Tectonics and sedimentation in the Golden Lane area, Veracruz State, Mexico

Alzaga-Ruiz

López

Roure

et al. 2009

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…This scenario is speculative, but explains the available observations. In all, it indicates that the deformational style changed from compression to tectonic relaxation after the late Miocene, similar to the Bay of Campeche (Mitra et al, 2005).…”

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Shallow sediment deformation styles in north-western Campeche Knolls, Gulf of Mexico and their controls on the occurrence of hydrocarbon seepage

Ding

Spieß

MacDonald

et al. 2010

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…Recent interpretation of the geophysical data suggested that Cantarell is a fold-thrust belt and a duplex structure related to the Sihil thrust. These faults in the Cantarell were not formed by simple shear related to the movement of a larger fault (MITRA et al 2005;GARCÍA-HERNÁ NDEZ et al 2005).…”

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“…Various studies have been published regarding the structural features of the Cantarell oilfield (e.g. SANTIAGO and BARO 1992;PEMEX-Exploración Producción 1999;MITRA et al 2005). The Cantarell Field has an overthrusted structure and shows an upright cylindrical fold with gently plunging conical terminations (MANDUJANO and KEPPIE 2006).…”

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“…Nevertheless, salt structures in Campeche Bay could have produced a withdraw extension during minor later tectonic events (GÓ MEZ-CABRERA and JACKSON 2009). Three main episodes of deformation occurred in the Cantarell oilfield (AQUINO-LOPEZ 1999;MITRA et al 2005). First, an extension during the Jurassic to Early Cretaceous resulted in normal faults that primarily affected Tithonian, Kimmeridgian and Lower Cretaceous units.…”

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Effects of Physical Processes and Sampling Resolution on Fault Displacement Versus Length Scaling: The Case of the Cantarell Complex Oilfield, Gulf of Mexico

Nieto-Samaniego

Murillo-Muñetón

et al. 2015

Pure Appl. Geophys.

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In this paper, we first review some factors that may alter the fault D max /L ratio and scaling relationship. The three main physical processes are documented as follows: (1) The D max /L ratio increases in an individual segmented fault, whereas it decreases in a fault array consisting of two or more fault segments. This effect occurs at any scale during fault growth and in any type of rock. (2) Vertical restriction decreases the D max /L ratio along the fault strike due to mechanical layers. (3) The D max /L ratio increases or decreases due to fault reactivation depending on the type of reactivation. Thus, using data from the normal faults of the Cantarell oilfield in the southern Gulf of Mexico, we document that the displacement (D max ) and length (L) show a weak correlation of linear or power-law scaling, with exponents that are much less than 1 (n & 0.5). This scaling relation is due to the combination of the physical processes mentioned above, as well as sampling effects, such as technique resolution. These results indicate that sublinear scaling (n & 0.5) can occur as a result of more than one physical process during faulting in a studied area. In addition to the physical processes associated with brittle deformation in the studied area, the sampling resolution dramatically affects the exponents of the D max -L scaling.

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Three-dimensional structural model of the Cantarell and Sihil structures, Campeche Bay, Mexico

Cited by 54 publications

References 3 publications

Interactions between the Laramide Foreland and the passive margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Tectonics and sedimentation in the Golden Lane area, Veracruz State, Mexico

Interactions between the Laramide Foreland and the passive margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Tectonics and sedimentation in the Golden Lane area, Veracruz State, Mexico

Shallow sediment deformation styles in north-western Campeche Knolls, Gulf of Mexico and their controls on the occurrence of hydrocarbon seepage

Effects of Physical Processes and Sampling Resolution on Fault Displacement Versus Length Scaling: The Case of the Cantarell Complex Oilfield, Gulf of Mexico

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