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Vimeiro

ID #100
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General Information

Structure type
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Outcropping/buried
Evaporite unit/s name
Evaporite unit/s age
Evaporite unit/s origin
Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed) ,
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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Generic Data

Unique ID 100
Name Vimeiro
Structure type Evaporite-cored anticline
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Lusitanian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Western Domain
Evaporite unit/s name Dagorda Fm.
Evaporite unit/s age Late Rhaetian-Hettangian (Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Marlstone-Halite-Bituminous dolomite-Shales
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene (siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Kimmeridgian-Turonian and late Cretaceous-and late Cretaceous-Miocene (main reactivation stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Rifting and normal faulting
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal faults / anticline-syncline folding
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (Coimbra and San Miguel Fms., dolostones) ; Mid Early Jurassic (Agua das Medeiros, Vale das Fontes and Lemede Fms, marlstones, marly limestones, limestones) ; Late Early Jurassic-Middle Jurassic (Brenha Fm., limestones, marly limestones) ; Late Jurassic (Complexo Carbonoso and Montejunto, marlstones and limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Lower-Upper Kimmeridgian (Abadia Fm., shales, sandstones and conglomerates); Upper Kimmeridgian-Berriasian (Lourinha Fm., sandstones and conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes
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Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 100
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
Municipality #1
Province #1
Company #1
Main minning Products #1
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
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Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 100
Outcropping area (km2) 1.24484
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.65220917
Max. Length (Km) 1.101941
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 157
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 15
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 100
Section source Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Alves, T. M., Manuppella, G., Gawthorpe, R. L., Hunt, D. W., Monteiro, J. H., 2003. The depositional evolution of diapir-and fault-bounded rift basins: examples from the Lusitanian Basin of West Iberia. Sedimentary Geology, 162(3-4), 273-303. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Taylor, A. M., Gowland, S., Leary, S., Keogh, K. J., Martinius, A. W., 2014. Stratigraphical correlation of the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation in the Consolação Sub‐basin (Lusitanian Basin), Portugal. Geological Journal, 49(2), 143-162. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Leinfelder, R. R., 1987. Multifactorial control of sedimentation patterns in an ocean marginal basin: the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian. Geologische Rundschau, 76(2), 599-631. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Alves, T. M., Manuppella, G., Gawthorpe, R. L., Hunt, D. W., Monteiro, J. H., 2003. The depositional evolution of diapir-and fault-bounded rift basins: examples from the Lusitanian Basin of West Iberia. Sedimentary Geology, 162(3-4), 273-303. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Pimentel, N., Pena dos Reis, R., 2016. Petroleum systems of the West Iberian Margin: A review of the Lusitanian Basin and the deep offshore Peniche Basin. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 39(3), 305-326. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 dos Reis, R. P., Pimentel, N., Fainstein, R., Reis, M., Rasmussen, B., 2017. Influence of salt diapirism on the basin architecture and hydrocarbon prospects of the Western Iberian Margin. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 313-329). Elsevier. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Chaminé, H. I., Fonseca, P. E., Azevedo, M., Carvalho, J. M., 2004. Diapiric geometry, kinematics and dynamics of Vimeiro morphostructure (Torres Vedras, central Portugal): implications for a hydrogeological Model. Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular, (29), 9-30. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Wilson, R. C., 1988. Mesozoic Devepelopment Of The Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 1(4), 393-407. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 dos Reis, R. P., Pimentel, N., Fainstein, R., Reis, M., Rasmussen, B., 2017. Influence of salt diapirism on the basin architecture and hydrocarbon prospects of the Western Iberian Margin. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 313-329). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Rasmussen, E. S., Lomholt, S., Andersen, C., Vejbæk, O. V., 1998. Aspects of the structural evolution of the Lusitanian Basin in Portugal and the shelf and slope area offshore Portugal. Tectonophysics, 300(1-4), 199-225. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Pimentel, N., Pena dos Reis, R., 2016. Petroleum systems of the West Iberian Margin: A review of the Lusitanian Basin and the deep offshore Peniche Basin. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 39(3), 305-326. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Cardoso, F., Reis, M., Cortesão, A., Pena dos Reis, R., Pimentel, N., 2015. Diapiric structures in the Peniche Basin (Portugal)-location, deformation timings and importance to petroleum exploration. AAPG European Regional Conference & Exhibition 2015, #90226. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 dos Reis, R. P., Pimentel, N., Fainstein, R., Reis, M., Rasmussen, B., 2017. Influence of salt diapirism on the basin architecture and hydrocarbon prospects of the Western Iberian Margin. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 313-329). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 Ayala, C., Bohoyo, F., Maestro, A., Reguera, M. I., Torne, M., Rubio, F., Fernández, M., García-Lobón, J. L., 2016. Updated Bouguer anomalies of the Iberian Peninsula: a new perspective to interpret the regional geology. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 1089-1092. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Spigolon, A. L. D., Pena dos Reis, R. P. B., Pimentel, N. L., Matos, V. G. A. E., 2011. Geoquímica orgânica de rochas potencialmente geradoras de petróleo no contexto evolutivo da Bacia Lusitânica, Portugal. Bol Geoci Petrobras, 19, 131-162. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Ferreira, E., Mateus, A., Azerêdo, A. C., Duarte, L. V., Mendonça-Filho, J., Tassinari, C. C., 2020. Tracing bottom-water redox conditions during deposition of Lower and Upper Jurassic organic-rich sedimentary rocks in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Insights from inorganic geochemistry. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104343. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 Ferroni, G., Rockenbauch, K., Rivolta, F., McWhorter, R., 2013. In-Situ Geochemical Analysis of Rock Samples from Simultaneous Wells Enables Field-Wide Formation Characterization in Real-Time. In SPWLA 54th Annual Logging Symposium. Society of Petrophysicists and Well-Log Analysts. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Sêco, S. L., Silva, R. L., Watson, N., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, A. J., Wach, G., 2019. Application of petrophysical methods to estimate total organic carbon in Lower Jurassic source rocks from the offshore Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 180, 1058-1068. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Azerêdo, A. C., Inês, N., & Bizarro, P., 2020. Carbonate reservoir outcrop analogues with a glance at pore-scale (Middle Jurassic, Lusitanian Basin, Portugal). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 111, 815-851. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number n.a.
Other Maps #1 (source) Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Davison, I., Barreto, P., 2020. Deformation and sedimentation processes, and hydrocarbon accumulations on upturned salt diapir flanks in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Petroleum Geoscience, 27(1). [link]
Other related references #1 dos Reis, P., Cunha, P. P., Dinis, J., Trincão, P. R., 2000. Geological evolution of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) during the Late Jurassic. 5th Jurassic Symposium, Vancouver, 6, 345-356. [link]
Other related references #2 Mateus, O., Dinis, J., Cunha, P. P., 2017. The Lourinhã Formation: the Upper Jurassic to lower most Cretaceous of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal–landscapes where dinosaurs walked. Ciências da Terra/Earth Sciences Journal, 19(1), 75-97. [link]
Other related references #3 Schneider, E., 2015. Geochemical and Sr–Nd isotope variations within Cretaceous continental flood-basalt suites of the Canadian High Arctic, with a focus on the Hassel Formation basalts of northeast Ellesmere Island. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104(8), 1981-2005. [link]
Other related references #4 n.a.