Demercian et al. In contrast, using physical modeling, Szatmari et al. Mohriak et al. Our restoration illustrates deformation driven entirely by progradation without any regional extension. The deformation during continental progradation can be described in 4 stages.
Color bars indicate age shown in the legend.
The animation lasts 12 seconds and represents approximately 110 million years of deformation. Prograding strata onlap the salt plateau. Overlying strata then rotate counterclockwise, turning onlaps into apparent downlaps. Overburden ground onto the basement creating a trailing, almost continuous, salt weld. Distal aggradation on the extreme left restricts salt from migrating basinward.