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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 > _________________________________________________ Andrea Billi (PhD) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IGAG, c.o. Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy. Phone: +39 06-49914955 Skype: a.billi Email: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.andreabilli.com _________________________________________________ Dalla Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 9: "La Repubblica promuove lo sviluppo della cultura e la ricerca scientifica e tecnica." Art. 33: "L'arte e la scienza sono libere e libero ne è l'insegnamento." "Non è grave il clamore chiassoso dei violenti, bensì il silenzio spaventoso delle persone oneste." Martin Luther King ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.