Exploration Opportunities in the Pernambuco and Alagoas Basins
sequence stratigraphy analysis for the Cenozoic interval of the PEB. Most of the carbonate buildups are capped by marine shales
(seal rocks) and are connected with the deep zones of the depocentres by rift faults (possible migration paths) that were
reactivated by post-rift events. Thus, the carbonate buildups of the PEB have important features that point to the potential of
these structures as a promising oil play for oil and gas reservoirs, as observed in the southeast Brazilian margin basins.
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