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  | chapter = Sedimentary basin analysis
 
  | chapter = Sedimentary basin analysis
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  | author  = John M. Armentrout
 
  | author  = John M. Armentrout
 
  | link    = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm
 
  | link    = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm
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==Discussion==
 
==Discussion==
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[[file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-2.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Geographic distribution of the Neogene Mississippi River drainage basin and distribution of the primary fluvial input systems (arrows). Modified after Winker and Buffler.<ref name=ch04r116>Winker, C., D., Buffler, R., T., 1988, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1988-89/data/pg/0072/0003/0300/0318.htm Paleogeographic evolution of the early deep-water Gulf of Mexico and its margins, Jurassic to middle Cretaceous (Comanchean)]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 72, p. 318–346.</ref>]]
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[[file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-2.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Geographic distribution of the Neogene Mississippi River drainage basin and distribution of the primary fluvial input systems (arrows). Modified after Winker and Buffler.<ref name=ch04r116>Winker, C., D., and R .T. Buffler, 1988, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1988-89/data/pg/0072/0003/0300/0318.htm Paleogeographic evolution of the early deep-water Gulf of Mexico and its margins, Jurassic to middle Cretaceous (Comanchean)]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 72, p. 318–346.</ref>]]
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The [[Gulf of Mexico (GOM]] basin includes strata beneath the present-day Gulf of Mexico and extends onshore beneath the  coastal plain of Mexico and the United States. Sediment is supplied primarily by [[fluvial]] systems draining the ancestral Mississippi River system and smaller river systems draining the [[Rocky Mountains|Rocky]], [[Ouachita Mountains|Ouachita]], and [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] mountain ranges. Lesser amounts of [[carbonate]] sediments are produced locally by [[biochemical processes]]. Critical to the understanding of the GOM basin history and the associated [[petroleum system]]s of the northern Gulf of Mexico is the interaction of the [[Cretaceous]]-[[Holocene]] [[Mississippi drainage basin]] and thick [[salt]] deposited during the [[Jurassic]].
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The [[Gulf of Mexico]] (GOM) basin includes strata beneath the present-day Gulf of Mexico and extends onshore beneath the  coastal plain of Mexico and the United States. Sediment is supplied primarily by [[fluvial]] systems draining the ancestral Mississippi River system and smaller river systems draining the [[Rocky Mountains|Rocky]], [[Ouachita Mountains|Ouachita]], and [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] mountain ranges. Lesser amounts of [[carbonate]] sediments are produced locally by [[biochemical processes]]. Critical to the understanding of the GOM basin history and the associated [[petroleum system]]s of the northern Gulf of Mexico is the interaction of the [[Cretaceous]]-[[Holocene]] [[Mississippi drainage basin]] and thick [[salt]] deposited during the [[Jurassic]].
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[[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-2.png|Figure 1]] shows the geographic distribution of the [[Neogene]] Mississippi River drainage basin and distribution of the primary fluvial input systems (arrows). It also shows the interpreted limits of thick Jurassic salt (>1.5 km). The geographic shifts of primary fluvial input have resulted in [[depocenter]]s of different ages across the GOM Paleogene basin.
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[[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-2.png|Figure 1]] shows the geographic distribution of the [[Neogene]] Mississippi River drainage basin and distribution of the primary fluvial input systems (arrows). It also shows the interpreted limits of thick Jurassic salt (>1.5 km). The geographic shifts of primary fluvial input have resulted in [[depocenter]]s of different ages across the GOM [[Paleogene]] basin.
    
==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Defining the basin framework]]
   
* [[How to define the framework of a basin]]
 
* [[How to define the framework of a basin]]
 
* [[Example: mapping sediment thickness and field location]]
 
* [[Example: mapping sediment thickness and field location]]
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[[Category:Critical elements of the petroleum system]]  
 
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[[Category:Sedimentary basin analysis]]
 
[[Category:Sedimentary basin analysis]]
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[[Category:Treatise Handbook 3]]

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