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Magoon and Dow<ref name=ch04r61>Magoon, L., B., Dow, W., G., 1994, The Petroleum System--From Source to Trap: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1022 AAPG Memoir 60], p. 3–24.</ref> define the critical moment as the time that best depicts the [[Petroleum generation|generation]]-[[migration]]-[[accumulation]] of most hydrocarbons in a [[petroleum system]]. The East Breaks 160-161 field began to accumulate no earlier than 1.2 Ma when the trap began forming, and accumulation is inferred to continue to the present<ref name=ch04r29>Dow, W., G., Yukler, M., A., Senftle, J., T., Kennicutt, M., C., IIArmentrout, J., M., 1990, Miocene oil source beds in the East Breaks basin, Flex-Trend, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 9th Annual Research conference, p. 139–150.</ref> The structural configuration has changed little since initial formation, so that the present-day map (Figure 4-42) and cross-sectional geometry (Figure 4-43) accurately depict the trapping aspects of the petroleum system.

Magoon and Dow<ref name=ch04r61>Magoon, L., B., Dow, W., G., 1994, The Petroleum System--From Source to Trap: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1022 AAPG Memoir 60], p. 3–24.</ref> define the critical moment as the time that best depicts the [[Petroleum generation|generation]]-[[migration]]-[[accumulation]] of most hydrocarbons in a [[petroleum system]]. The East Breaks 160-161 field began to accumulate no earlier than 1.2 Ma when the trap began forming, and accumulation is inferred to continue to the present<ref name=ch04r29>Dow, W., G., Yukler, M., A., Senftle, J., T., Kennicutt, M., C., IIArmentrout, J., M., 1990, Miocene oil source beds in the East Breaks basin, Flex-Trend, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 9th Annual Research conference, p. 139–150.</ref> The structural configuration has changed little since initial formation, so that the present-day map (Figure 4-42) and [[Cross section|cross-sectional geometry]] (Figure 4-43) accurately depict the trapping aspects of the petroleum system.

==Possible critical moments==

==Possible critical moments==

==Summary==

==Summary==

The critical moment will be different for the middle Miocene, lower Paleocene, and lower [[Tertiary]] source rock. The critical interval encompasses the composite of all critical moments. The critical interval for the East Breaks 160-161 petroleum system is 2.8 Ma to the present. It is that time period after deposition of the reservoir and seal during which subsequent growth fault movement formed the anticlinal trap and accumulation of migrating hydrocarbons occurred.

The critical moment will be different for the [[middle Miocene]], [[lower Paleocene]], and lower [[Tertiary]] source rock. The critical interval encompasses the composite of all critical moments. The critical interval for the East Breaks 160-161 petroleum system is 2.8 Ma to the present. It is that time period after deposition of the reservoir and seal during which subsequent growth fault movement formed the anticlinal trap and accumulation of migrating hydrocarbons occurred.

==See also==

==See also==