Interaction between diapirism and sediment loading at the shelf-slope boundary, northwest Gulf of Mexico
Geo-Marine Letters
By: A. R. Trippet
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Abstract
During the last low stand of sea level, rivers and streams drained across the present northwestern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf depositing sediments in several shallow-water deltas near the present shelf-slope boundary. The weight of these wedges of prograded sediments triggered or augmented both subsidence of local depositional basins and upward movement of diapiric material around the basin edges. A depositional basin off the southwestern Louisiana coast records migration of the basinal axis during late Pleistocene and Holocene time indicating relative growth of diapirs along the basin margin throughout the most recent geological record. ?? 1981 A.M. Dowden, Inc.
Suggested Citation
Trippet, A., 1981, Interaction between diapirism and sediment loading at the shelf-slope boundary, northwest Gulf of Mexico: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 1, no. 2, p. 111-114, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02463327.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Interaction between diapirism and sediment loading at the shelf-slope boundary, northwest Gulf of Mexico |
| Series title | Geo-Marine Letters |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF02463327 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher location | Springer-Verlag |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Geo-Marine Letters |
| First page | 111 |
| Last page | 114 |