− | The thickest sediments occur over the thin transitional crust, which has subsided beneath the load of more than [[length::14 km]] (>45,000 ft) of sedimentary rock. (For additional discussion of the structural framework, see .<ref name=ch04r50>Jones, J., O., Freed, R., L., eds., 1996, Structural Framework of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Assoc. of Geological Sciences, 112 p.</ref>) | + | The thickest sediments occur over the thin transitional crust, which has subsided beneath the load of more than [[distance::14 km]] (>45,000 ft) of sedimentary rock. (For additional discussion of the structural framework, see Jones & Freed.<ref name=ch04r50>Jones, J., O., Freed, R., L., eds., 1996, Structural Framework of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Gulf Coast Assoc. of Geological Sciences, 112 p.</ref>) |