Gulf of Mexico - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Apr 4, 2011 · The Gulf of Mexico refers to an economically important basin with a long history of hydrocarbon exploration. It is a region that has been the subject of debate due to limited data and proprietary industry information, but collaborative efforts between industry and academia are essential for understanding its formation.
Structure, age, and tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico
Jan 1, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico is an isolated oceanic basin whose nature, structure and age are not fully elucidated, mostly because seafloor spreading isochrons have not been identified in this basin so far. We compiled and processed all publicly available marine magnetic data to produce a new magnetic anomaly map of the Gulf of Mexico.
Opening of the Gulf of Mexico: What we know, what questions …
Jan 5, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin flanked by the continental United States to the north, Mexico to the west and south, and Cuba to the southeast. Tectonic initiation of the Gulf of Mexico began in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic as continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea (Dickinson et al., 2010; Huerta and Harry, 2012 ...
The Gulf of Mexico: towards an integration of coastal …
Jan 1, 2004 · The Gulf of Mexico is a shared resource at risk, with the following major problems: (a) freshwater use and shortage, (b) pollution, (c) habitat modification, (d) unsustainable exploitation of living resources, (e) global change (sea level rise, temperature increase and change in rainfall patterns), (f) public education, and (g) lack of ...
Opening of the Gulf of Mexico: What we know, what questions …
Jan 5, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico is an economically important basin with more than a century-long history of hydrocarbon exploration. However, the opening of the basin remains debated for two reasons: 1) the quality of data does not allow for reliable interpretations of crustal features beneath thick and complex overburden, and 2) most industry well and ...
Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and ...
Dec 1, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contains a wide range of ecosystems that provide important services and play a critical role in supporting the Gulf coast, United States, and international economies. For example, according to NOAA Fisheries in 2019, GOM commercial seafood landings revenue in the United States was $1.4 billion and accounted for 15% of ...
Geochemistry of marine sediments adjacent to the Los Tuxtlas …
Jun 1, 2022 · The Papaloapan River basin (17°19° N and 95°–97° 40′ W) is the second largest hydrological basin in Mexico, drains 39,189 km 2 of catchment area before reaching the Gulf of Mexico with an annual volume of discharge of 39,175 km 3. The Papaloapan River flows into the Gulf of Mexico through the Alvarado lagoon, Veracruz State.
Sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene section, southern Gulf of …
Sep 1, 2017 · The resultant Paleogene clastic sedimentation in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Chiapas Massif still produced large volumes of sediments deposited in large depocenters, whereas in the Yucatan Block the deposition of shallow water carbonates continued (Padilla y Sánchez, 2007). In the study area, the Miocene succession is mainly sand-prone ...
Environmental sub-regions in the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone: the ...
Jan 1, 2004 · One of the 66 Sub-regions of GIWA (Global International Waters Assessment, a Global Environment Facility/United Nations Environment Programme (GEF/UNEP) initiative) is the Gulf of Mexico Sub-region 2 < www.giwa.net >, which is a shared ecosystem with a total freshwater drainage system of 5,180,000 km 2, a water body area of 1,507,639 km 2, average depth of 1615 m, and a volume of 2,430,000 km 3.
3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf …
Dec 1, 2020 · The most extensive salt tectonic study in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico has been Bouroullec et al. (2017 a, 2017 b), looking at salt geometries and spatial variation of salt distribution. Bouroullec et al. (2017 a) identified three provinces within the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using primarily 2D seismic data. Within the eastern province ...