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==Summary of GOM fluvial history==

==Summary of GOM fluvial history==

 

[[file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to recently. After Winker;<ref name=Winker1982>Winker, C. D., 1982, Cenozoic shelf margins, northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Assoc. of Geological Societies Transactions, vol. 32, p. 427-448.</ref> courtesy Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies.]]

sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|{{figure number|1}}Major sand influxes into the northern Gulf of Mexico from Late Cretaceous to recently. After Winker;<ref name=Winker1982>Winker, C. D., 1982, Cenozoic shelf margins, northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Assoc. of Geological Societies Transactions, vol. 32, p. 427-448.</ref> courtesy Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies.

 

sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-6.png|{{figure number|2}}Tectonic map of the GOM basin. Modified from Buffler;<ref name=Buffler1991>Buffler, R. T., 1991, Early evolution of the Gulf of Mexico basin, in D. Goldthwaite, ed., An introduction to central Gulf Coast geology: New Orleans Gulf Coast Geological Society, p. 1-16.</ref> courtesy New Orleans Geological Society.

[[file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-6.png|thumb|{{figure number|2}}Tectonic map of the GOM basin. Modified from Buffler;<ref name=Buffler1991>Buffler, R. T., 1991, Early evolution of the Gulf of Mexico basin, in D. Goldthwaite, ed., An introduction to central Gulf Coast geology: New Orleans Gulf Coast Geological Society, p. 1-16.</ref> courtesy New Orleans Geological Society.]]

Mesozoic and Cenozoic fluvial systems have filled in the northern margins of the GOM rift basin, prograding the continental margin of one area until sediment input shifts to another area ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|Figure 1]]). Subsidence is related to basement cooling or differential response of basement types to loading ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-6.png|Figure 2]]). Formation of diapirs and tectonic movement of growth fault systems has already being discussed as it relates to sediment loading. Fluctuation in sea level is discussed in [[Sea level cycle phase]].

Mesozoic and Cenozoic fluvial systems have filled in the northern margins of the GOM rift basin, prograding the continental margin of one area until sediment input shifts to another area ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-4.png|Figure 1]]). Subsidence is related to basement cooling or differential response of basement types to loading ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-6.png|Figure 2]]). Formation of diapirs and tectonic movement of growth fault systems has already being discussed as it relates to sediment loading. Fluctuation in sea level is discussed in [[Sea level cycle phase]].