Exploration Opportunities in the Pernambuco and Alagoas Basins
BACIA
ALTO DE
POTIGUAR
TOUROS
RN
ZCPA
MA
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
PB
Piedade
Low
3000
3500-
4000
NATALS
DE NATAL
PLATAFORMA
ALTO DE
MAMANGUAPE
4500
5000
5500
6000 AS
W
TMGF 110
Seabed
Miocene Unc.
K-Pg Unc.
Volcanic
Coniacian Unc.
Top Albian Unc.
Top Evaporite
Base Evaporite
Top Rift Unc.
Basement
BACIA DE
BACIA DA
Maracatu High
Shallow basement
Magalhães et al. 2013
Continental
Enist
Narrow platform with an abrupt shelf-break
Lack of evaporites
10km
Top Paleogene + Neogene
Top Cretaceous
Top Rift (Albian?)
Top continental basement
Top Oceanic Crust
Rift 2
Continental Crust
Transitional Crust
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
km
35°
50km
Volcano
Sq2 Albian
Sq1 Rift
Itapuama
Gaibu
High
Low
Oceanic Crust
80
90
100
Oceanic Crust
110
120
Sq6
Sq5
Sq4 Sant-Maast
Sq3 Cenom-Turon
External Plateau
Low
4,7km
E
Modified from LAGESE, 2007View entire presentation