TY - JOUR
T1 - Salt Units of the Kribi-Campo Sub-Basin Revisited, Using Offshore 2D Seismic and Boreholes Data
T2 - Depositional Context and Petroleum Implications
AU - Essi, Mike-Franck Mienlam
AU - Atangana, Joseph Quentin Yene
AU - Yem, Mbida
AU - Biouele, Serge Edouard Angoua
AU - Lee, Eun Young
PY - 2023/3/20
Y1 - 2023/3/20
N2 - This work re-examines the salt unit through the Kribi-Campo Sub-basin on the southeast part of the Cameroon Atlantic Margin. The results obtained from borehole data analysis show the occurrence of evaporitic unit, localized in the Kribi area. The well to seismic-tie analysis reveals that this unit is observed beneath the Top Albian Unconformity and between the Flooding and Maxi-mum Flooding Surfaces. Two characters of salt dome and salt strips are described. Their deposi-tional context seems to be related to a significant sea-level drop induced by a margin uplift during the Aptian. Concerning the petroleum implications, the target units constitute good potential of stratigraphic traps in the study area, due to the observation of flatspot indicators.
AB - This work re-examines the salt unit through the Kribi-Campo Sub-basin on the southeast part of the Cameroon Atlantic Margin. The results obtained from borehole data analysis show the occurrence of evaporitic unit, localized in the Kribi area. The well to seismic-tie analysis reveals that this unit is observed beneath the Top Albian Unconformity and between the Flooding and Maxi-mum Flooding Surfaces. Two characters of salt dome and salt strips are described. Their deposi-tional context seems to be related to a significant sea-level drop induced by a margin uplift during the Aptian. Concerning the petroleum implications, the target units constitute good potential of stratigraphic traps in the study area, due to the observation of flatspot indicators.
U2 - 10.3390/IECG2022-14295
DO - 10.3390/IECG2022-14295
M3 - Article
SN - 2504-3900
VL - 87
JO - Proceedings MDPI
JF - Proceedings MDPI
IS - 1
M1 - 2
ER -