Thanks to Mark and to all colleagues who responded to my message.
Andrea
"Mark G. Rowan" <[log in to unmask]> ha scritto:
> Hi all,
>
> Just noticed these postings - a little late as usual...
>
> Andrea, there are published values that support Frank's numbers for
> deepwater foldbelts - see Rowan, Peel, & Vendeville 2004 (AAPG
> Memoir 82). Values range from 0.1 mm/yr to 0.5 mm/yr for both the
> GoM and the Kwanza Basin. Other restorations I have done in the GoM
> are consistent with this range. Frank cited the thickness of the
> overburden as a likely explanation for the differences in rates
> between the deep and shallow levels. Another factor is the salt
> detachment itself: thick salt in the canopies vs thin to welded salt
> at the deep level, hence more frictional resistance at depth.
>
> Mark
>
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