Salt Units of the Kribi-Campo Sub-Basin Revisited, Using Offshore 2D Seismic and Boreholes Data
- Author(s)
- Mike-Franck Mienlam Essi, Joseph Quentin Yene Atangana, Mbida Yem, Serge Edouard Angoua Biouele, Eun Young Lee
- Abstract
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.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geology
- External organisation(s)
- Université de Yaoundé I, National Hydrocarbon corporation of Cameroon
- Journal
- Proceedings MDPI
- Volume
- 87
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2022-14295
- Publication date
- 03-2023
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105103 Petroleum geology, 105121 Sedimentology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/d9d85461-1b22-402c-a031-a94f34fc4b60