The Lower Tertiary Wilcox Trend in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

摘要

Initial Lower Tertiary penetrations in the western deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) document a greater-than 6,000 foot thick succession of Wilcox Group (upper Paleocene-lower Eocene) turbidites located 250 miles down-dip from their fluvial and deltaic equivalents. These same thick turbidites have also been discovered 200-300 miles to the east, in new exploration wells in this emerging trend. Regional synthesis demonstrates a systematic progression from lower slope to extensive fan sands to starved distal basin.