Abstract: Allochthonous Salt Surrounding Alaminos Canyon, Northwestern Deep Gulf of Mexico

Joseph C. Fiduk, Bruce D. Trudgill, Mark G. Rowan, Paul Weimer, Peter E. Gale, Bryant E. Korn, Ronald L. Phair, William T. Gafford, Geneva R. Roberts, Steven W. Dobbs, Cindy K. Guu

Allochthonous salt features in the southeast corner of the Alaminos Canyon protraction area show variations in structural style, evolution, and depth of burial. Convergence of these allochthonous salt bodies has contributed substantially to the formation of a re-entrant in the Sigsbee Escarpment also called Alaminos Canyon. West of the canyon salt comprises numerous allochthonous bodies, some isolated or deeply buried, which