Talk:San Jorge Gulf

Geology of San Jorge Gulf Basin underlying the San Jorge Gulf

Because of intensive oil and gas exploration and filed development, the San Jorge Gulf Basin underlying the San Jorge Gulf has been intensively studied using various geophysical methods, the drilling of wildcat wells and and drilling wells for the commercial extraction of oil and gas. These wells have been logged using geophysical tools and well cuttings and cores have been collected from many. From this data, it has concluded that is definitely not an impact structure. Rather it is a complex rift basin associated with the separation of South America from Africa and the formation of the Atlantic Ocean starting in the Middle to Upper Jurassic.

A few papers are:

Bahia, M.E., Longo, L.M., Ravazzoli, C.L., Scivetti, N., Benedini, L., Marcos, P. and Gregori, D.A., 2021. Modeling and structural inversion from gravimetric data of the San Jorge Gulf Basin, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 112, p.103606.

Figari, E.G., Strelkov, E., Cid De La Paz, M., Celaya, J., Laffitte, G. and Villar, H., 2002. Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge: síntesis estructural, estratigráfica y geoquímica. In Geología y recursos naturales de Santa Cruz (Haller, MJ; editor). Congreso Geológico Argentino (No. 15, pp. 571-601).

Sylwan, C., Droeven, C., Iñigo, J., Mussel, F. and Padva, D., 2011. Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge. VIII Congreso de Exploración y Desarrollo de Hidrocarburos. In Simposio Cuencas Argentinas: visión actual. Instituto Argentino de Petróleo y Gas (IAPG), Mar del Plata (pp. 139-183). Paul H. (talk) 15:22, 9 June 2024 (UTC)