Abstract

EnglishThe sedimentary section of the so-called post-rift phase in the Santos Basin, Brazil, consists of the Barra Velha and Ariri formations. The Barra Velha Formation, composed essentially by carbonates interpreted as microbial, which is the main hydrocarbon reservoir in the pre-salt play is the research object of this work. During the western Gondwana Cretaceous taphrogenesis that culminated with its breakup and the generation of the South American and African continents, the Santos Basin, inserted in this context underwent tectonophysical processes over three distinct phases of tectonic and stratigraphic evolution: lithospheric stretching, lithospheric thinning and mantle exhumation. The Barra Velha Formation was deposited in the lithospheric thinning phase in a mixed tectonic context that combined basin generalized thermal subsidence with localized mechanical subsidence due to some rift faults remaining active throughout the post-rift phase portuguesA secao sedimentar da chamada fase pos-rifte na Bacia de Santos, Brasil, e constituida pelas Formacoes Barra Velha e Ariri. A Formacao Barra Velha, composta essencialmente por carbonatos interpretados como microbiais e que e o principal reservatorio para hidrocarbonetos no play pre-sal, e o objeto de pesquisa deste trabalho. Durante a tafrogenia cretacea da porcao oeste do supercontinente Gondwana que culminou com sua ruptura e a geracao dos continentes Sul-americano e Africano a Bacia de Santos, inserida neste contexto, foi submetida a processos tectonofisicos que definiram tres fases de evolucao tectonica e estratigrafica bem distintas: estiramento litosferico, afinamento litosferico e exumacao do manto. A Formacao Barra Velha foi depositada na fase de afinamento litosferico em um contexto tectonico misto que combinou subsidencia termal generalizada da bacia com subsidencia mecânica localizada devido a algumas falhas da fase rifte permanecerem ativas durante toda a chamada fase pos-rifte.

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