Originally published as: Lohr, T., Krawczyk, C. M., Tanner, D. C., Samiee, R., Endres, H., Trappe, H., Oncken, O., Kukla, P. A. (2007): Strain partitioning due to salt: insights from interpretation of a 3D seismic data set in the NW German Basin. - Basin Research, 19, 4, 579-597, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00338.x. Strain partitioning due to salt: Insights from interpretation of a 3D seismic data set in the NW German Basin T. Lohr1, C.M. Krawczyk1,*, D.C. Tanner2, R. Samiee3, H. Endres4,5, O. Oncken1, H. Trappe4, P.A. Kukla5 (1) GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany (e-mail:
[email protected]) (2) GZG Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany (3) RWE Dea AG, Überseering 40, 22297 Hamburg, Germany (4) TEEC, Burgwedelerstr. 89, 30916 Isernhagen HB, Germany (5) Geologisches Institut, RWTH Aachen, Wüllnerstr. 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany * now at Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences (GGA), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany Abstract We present results from interpretation of a 3D seismic data set, located within the NW German sedimentary basin, as part of the Southern Permian Basin. We focused on the development of faults, the timing of deformation, the amount of displacement during multiphase deformation, strain partitioning, and the interaction between salt movements and faulting. We recognised the central fault zone of the study area to be the Aller-lineament, an important NW-trending fault zone within the superimposed Central European Basin System. From structural and sedimentological