Introduction to salt tectonics

Part of The Shear Zone channel. This video looks at salt tectonics and the role of salt in thrust systems and sedimentary basins, providing a context for a couple of short animations and seismic interpretations.

[cybernescens]

I had been thinking about a conversation I had a while ago with an exploration geologist who found a large oil resevoir under a diaper or canopy and now this conversation makes a lot more sense.

[adidanusaputra]

Thank you, your videos are very good. I learn many new things

[muhammadfahim]

Hi Rob. In the vertical movement of the salt in a salt diaper, while it's pushing through/piercing through the overlying thick sediments, how much heat is generated ?and is it possible of some crystalization in top salt layers?

[arelendil]

Thank you so much! These videos are very instructive. There is something I would like to know, the salt origin is a brine, but when it is in this state, it is dry, isn’t it? What amount of pressure (range) is the salt suffering to flow? Can it have traces of water inside? Thanks again.

[muhammadqamer]

Hi Rob, I have two Questions
1 why is there no example from the Himalayan Salt Range of Salt Glaciers, this is also a thrust belt.
2 In Salt Range, Eocambrian Salt Range Formation SRF has upper content with younger fms of Cambrian to early Permian ages in different parts of the range, what are the causes of this variation of ages of fms of upper contact of SRF on outcrops.

[koksalan]

Fantastic explanation. Please make a video on AVO as well. Thanks

[jakefry]

Hi Rob,
I was wondering how to explain drastic sediment thickness differences either side of a salt diapir? Would it simply be down-building on 1 side of the salt allowing for the generation of more accommodation space?
Thanks