1. StratTrap Field Trip to La Popa Basin, Mexico
La Popa Weld
El Gordo diapir
From Google Earth
Field Trip linked to the StratTrap workshop.
Time: October 24 – 28th, 2007.
Late Jurassic to Paleogene sedimentary systems.
(Salt) Tectonic control on deposition.
Cretaceous and Jurassic sequence stratigraphy.
Petroleum system of a salt dominated basin.
Field trip guided by Uwe Jenchen, Prof at University of Monterrey
Registration deadline
September 15th, 2007
Expenses per participant
NOK ,-
(plane tickets not included)
Organizing committee:
Ståle Monstad – DNO
David Milas – Altinex
Donatella Mellere – Shell
Lorna Richmond – ConocoPhillips
Erling Bergfjord – ConocoPhillips
The La Popa lentil, a Paleocene reef that developed
adjacent to an elongated salt wall.
Photo courtesy of Timothy Lawton