#SaltSaturday The geology offshore Mexico is fascinating. Let& #39;s change the perspective and look at the margin from the North
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">. Salt was deposited in the middle Jurassic during the opening of the Gulf of Mexico. A passive margin was established in the Cretaceous followed by
a major orogenic event leading to uplift of Sierra Madre Oriental in the Paleocene to Oligocene. During the Laramide orogeny, Salina del Istmo Basin behaved as a foredeep associated with this major mountain building event. A second regional event occurred in the Miocene, related