Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Most organic source material for oil and gas was deposited during the middle-to-late Paleozoic and the middle-to-late Mesozoic.By contrast, the source rock for the Los Angeles Basin petroleum is unusually young.The Miocene, organic-rich Monterey Formation was deposited between ~18-5 Ma in offshore basins at water depths between 500 and 2300 m.These basins formed as California evolved from a subduction to a transform plate margin (Behl, 1999), giving birth to the San Andreas Fault.
Source: GSA Today
DOI: 10.1130/gsatg116gh.1
Authors: Lon Abbott, Daniel Tormey
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanics of Materials
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402255539