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| Title | Late Paleozoic structural evolution of Permian basin |
| Creator/Author | Ewing, T.E. |
| Publication Date | 1984 Apr 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6829195 |
| Report Number(s) | CONF-8405216- |
| Other Number(s) | CODEN: AAPGB |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Specific Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull. ; Vol/Issue: 68:4; AAPG annual convention; 20 May 1984; San Antonio, TX, USA |
| Research Org | Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX |
| Subject | 020200 -- Petroleum-- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration ;030200 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; ;NEW MEXICO-- SEDIMENTARY BASINS;SEDIMENTARY BASINS-- PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;TEXAS-- SEDIMENTARY BASINS; GEOLOGIC FAULTS;GEOLOGIC TRAPS;NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;PERMIAN PERIOD;PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;RESERVOIR ROCK |
| Related Subject | FEDERAL REGION VI;GEOLOGIC AGES;GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS;GEOLOGIC FRACTURES;GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES;GEOLOGY;MINERAL RESOURCES;NORTH AMERICA;PALEOZOIC ERA;RESOURCES;USA |
| Description/Abstract | The southern Permian basin is underlain by the NNW-trending Central Basin disturbed belt of Wolfcamp age (Lower Permian), the deep Delaware basin to its west, and the shallower Midland basin to its eat.^The disturbed belt is highly segmented with zones of left-lateral offset.^Major segments from south to north are: the Puckett-Grey Ranch zone; the Fort Stockton uplift; the Monahans transverse zone; the Andector ridges and the Eunice ridge; the Hobbs transverse zone; and the Tatum ridges, which abut the broad Roosevelt uplift to the north.^The disturbed belt may have originated along rift zones of either Precambrian or Cambrian age.^The extent of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian deformation is unclear; much of the Val Verde basin-Ozona arch structure may have formed then.^The main Wolfcamp deformation over thrust the West Texas crustal block against the Delaware block, with local denudation of the uplifted edge and eastward-directed backthrusting into the Midland basin.^Latter in the Permian, the area was the center of a subcontinental bowl of subsidence - the Permian basin proper.^The disturbed belt formed a pedestal for the carbonate accumulations which created the Central Basin platform.^The major pre-Permian reservoirs of the Permian basin lie in large structural and unconformity-bounded traps on uplift ridges and domes.^Further work on the regional structural style may help to predict fracture trends, to assess the timing of oil migration, and to evaluate intrareservoir variations in the overlying Permian giant oil fields. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: 474-475 |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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