The salt mine
Subtitle: a digital atlas of salt tectonics
By: Michael R. Hudec and Martin P.A. Jackson ; illustrated by Nancy Cottington ; modeling by Bruno C. Vendeville, Daniel D. Schultz-Ela, Tim P. Dooley
Contributors: Jackson, M. P. A.; Cottington, Nancy; Vendeville, B. C. (Bruno C.); Schultz-Ela, Daniel Dennett; Dooley, Tim P. (Timothy Paul); University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
Series: Bureau of Economic Geology Udden book series -- no. 5; AAPG memoir -- 99; Bureau of Economic Geology Udden book series -- no. 5.; AAPG memoir -- 99.
Publisher: Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin; American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Austin, Tex; Tulsa, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780615518367
Subjects: Salt tectonics; Pictorial works; Salt mines and mining
Other titles: Digital atlas of salt tectonics; Salt tectonics
Notes: "The Salt Mine provides a guided tour of some of the finest examples of salt tectonics in both classic and little-known salt basins. The tour includes more than 1,350 images and 50 animations of salt structures [....] The DVD contains all images and animations and is fully searchable. The book showcases 400 of the most interesting and visually appealing images in the digital atlas"--P. [4] of cover.

"The DVD ... is an HTML-based [interactive] digital atlas of salt structures and associated sediment geometries ... which contains all 1,349 images and more than 40 animations"--P. x.

"Applied Geodynamics Laboratory"--At head of text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Salt pillows and salt anticlines; title: Ch. 2. Salt stocks and salt walls; title: Ch. 3. Triangular diapirs; title: Ch. 4. Indented diapirs; title: Ch. 5. Extensional salt detachments; title: Ch. 6. Contractional salt detachments; title: Ch. 7. Salt sheets; title: Ch. 8. Minibasins; title: Ch. 9. Roho systems; title: Ch. 10. Counterregional systems; title: Ch. 11. Location maps.