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==Basin slope exploration plays==

==Basin slope exploration plays==

Gravity-flow events, such as slumps and slides, can initiate transport of sediment downslope. Transport by debris flows and turbidites moving downslope may be confined to narrow valleys or spread outward into the less-confining minibasin of the Gulf of Mexico slope.<ref name=ch04r53 /><ref name=ch04r5 /> These sedimentary systems consist of channel elements through which sediment is transported to lobe-and-sheet depositional elements within the minibasins<ref name=ch04r7>Armentrout, J., M., 1991, Paleontological constraints on depositional [[modeling]]: examples of integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy, Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico, in Weimer, P., Link, M., H., eds., Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 137–170.</ref> Confined flow elements are typically channels with levees resulting from sediment fallout from overbanking turbulent flow. The channel-levee complexes are elongate but may stack into thick successions of potential reservoir facies.<ref name=ch04r9 /> The less-confined lobe-and-sheet facies may spread out within the minibasins, forming large-volume reservoir packages.<ref name=ch04r20 /> Winn and Armentrout<ref>Winn, R. D., and J. M. Armentrout, eds., 1995, Turbidites and Associated Deep-water Facies: SEPM Core Workshop 20, 176 p.</ref> have compiled examples of this spectrum of gravity-flow exploration targets, which are critical elements of minibasin [[petroleum system]]s.

Gravity-flow events, such as slumps and slides, can initiate transport of sediment downslope. Transport by debris flows and turbidites moving downslope may be confined to narrow valleys or spread outward into the less-confining minibasin of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] slope.<ref name=ch04r53 /><ref name=ch04r5 /> These sedimentary systems consist of channel elements through which sediment is transported to lobe-and-sheet depositional elements within the minibasins<ref name=ch04r7>Armentrout, J., M., 1991, Paleontological constraints on depositional [[modeling]]: examples of integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy, Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico, in Weimer, P., Link, M., H., eds., Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 137–170.</ref> Confined flow elements are typically channels with levees resulting from sediment fallout from overbanking turbulent flow. The channel-levee complexes are elongate but may stack into thick successions of potential reservoir facies.<ref name=ch04r9 /> The less-confined lobe-and-sheet facies may spread out within the minibasins, forming large-volume reservoir packages.<ref name=ch04r20 /> Winn and Armentrout<ref>Winn, R. D., and J. M. Armentrout, eds., 1995, Turbidites and Associated Deep-water Facies: SEPM Core Workshop 20, 176 p.</ref> have compiled examples of this spectrum of gravity-flow exploration targets, which are critical elements of minibasin [[petroleum system]]s.

==See also==

==See also==