Depocenter Explained

A depocenter or depocentre in geology is the part of a sedimentary basin where a particular rock unit has its maximum thickness.^[1] Depending on the controls on subsidence and the sedimentary environment, the location of a basin's depocenter may vary with time, such as in active rift basins as extensional faults grow, link or become abandoned.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: depocenter . Schlumberger . Oilfield Glossary.
2. Cowie P.A.. Patience Cowie . Gupta S. . Dawers N.H. . 2000 . Implications of fault array evolution for synrift depocentre development: insights from a numerical fault growth model . Basin Research . 12 . 3–4 . 241–261 . 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2000.00126.x. 2000BasR...12..241C . 128836866 .