Multiscale Modelling and Integrated Interpretation of Potential Field and Seismic Data Onshore Mexico

Abstract

Summary The Chihuahua trough is a Mesozoic sedimentary basin located along the southwestern margin of the North American Craton in northeastern Mexico. Its long and complex tectonic evolution, coupled with a limited history of exploration in the region, has left many unanswered questions about its geodynamical evolution, basement relief, and stratigraphy. This under-explored geological province has neither the high-quality structural data nor the quantitative models necessary to plan future exploration work. A dedicated workflow was applied with the objective to investigate from regional to basin understanding in the Chihuahua area by means of integrating seismci and potential field data, in which, for the first time, the interpretation of the latter anticipated interpreting the seismic data and it provided an uplift to the geological understanding of the area of interest.