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Line 14: − ==How to use it== − ==Where to get it==+ − Because one of the strongest arguments that can be used to “sell” a play in the industry is a producing analogy, such structural analogs are an important part of every structural play. These can be found in such sources as: − − * Field catalogs within major companies − * Published regional field atlases from oil-producing states like California, Texas, and Louisiana − * The AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Atlas of Giant Fields, volumes on structural traps − −
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Well-documented surface or subsurface structures can be used as analogs to help constrain other structural interpretations based on sparse data. For example, if the regional [[tectonic setting]] indicates that our exploration area is in a [[thrust belt]], but local [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] or subsurface data do not accurately define the shape of individual structures, then we can use well-documented examples of structures from other thrust belts ''with similar stratigraphy'' as analogs to constrain our interpretation. However, correlation to producing structures is most valued.
Well-documented surface or subsurface structures can be used as analogs to help constrain other structural interpretations based on sparse data. For example, if the regional [[tectonic setting]] indicates that our exploration area is in a [[thrust belt]], but local [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] or subsurface data do not accurately define the shape of individual structures, then we can use well-documented examples of structures from other thrust belts ''with similar stratigraphy'' as analogs to constrain our interpretation. However, correlation to producing structures is most valued.
==Examples==
==Examples of use==
* Soule, G. S., Spratt, D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the triangle zone, Grease Creek syncline area, Alberta: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 44, p. 244–257.
* Soule, G. S., Spratt, D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the triangle zone, Grease Creek syncline area, Alberta: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 44, p. 244–257.
* Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498.
* Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498.