Tectonic controls on Pliocene evaporite facies, Enriquillo basin, Dominican Republic
Conference
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· AAPG Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5800299
Well, seismic stratigraphic, and outcrop observations from the Enriquillo basin, Dominican Republic, are used to reconstruct Pliocene evaporite environments in a complex strike-slip basin. The 2000-km/sup 2/ floor of the Enriquillo basin is presently bounded by strike-slip reverse, and thrust faults which form part of a 200 to 250-km wide zone of left-lateral, strike-slip motion between the North American and Caribbean plates. Convergent strike-slip displacement of bounding mountain blocks over the last 5 m.y. has depressed certain areas of the present valley floor to 80 m below sea level. In the deepest part of the basin, middle Miocene carbonate basement is overlain by up to 5 km of upper Miocene to Holocene clastic and evaporitic sedimentary rocks.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5800299
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890404-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AAPG Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 73:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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