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The salt tectonics off the Louisiana gulf coast can be explained through two possible methods. The first method attributes spreading of the salt because of sedimentary loading while the second method points to slope instability as the primary cause of gliding of the salt.[1] The first method results in the formation of growth faults in the overlying sediment.[2] Growth faults are normal faults that occur simultaneously with sedimentation, causing them to have thicker sediment layers on the downthrown sides of the faults.[3] In the second method both the salt and the sediment are moving, making it more likely to migrate.[1]

  1. ^ a b Brun, Jean-Pierre; Xavier Fort (7 March 2011). "Salt tectonics at passive margins: Geology versus models" (PDF). Marine and Petroleum Geology. 28 (6): 1123–1145. Bibcode:2011MarPG..28.1123B. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.03.004. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Plio-Pleistocene was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bates, Robert (1984). Dictionary of Geological Terms. New York: Anchor Books. p. 571. ISBN 0385181019.

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