Basin and Petroleum System Modeling Group

Salinas Basin, California

The Salinas basin is a Cenozoic strike-slip basin in the Coast Ranges of central California.

Faulting Studies

Combined geochemical study and traditional system modeling of the Salinas Basin

Graduate student Tess Menotti is combining traditional basin and petroleum system modeling of the Salinas basin, California, described here, with a geochemical study of the area.

Geochemical Studies

Salinas Basin, California

Incorporating strike-slip faulting in BPSM

Three-dimensional (3D) basin modeling is often over-simplified in tectonically and structurally complex sedimentary basins, neglecting structures that are potentially critical to understanding hydr

Faulting Studies

Salinas Basin, California