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| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Exploring for structural traps
| frompg = 20-1
| topg = 20-70
| author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
==Information provided==
Plate tectonic studies provide the following kinds of information:
* Regional geologic framework
* Types of major structures expected in the play
* Whether the area may have been affected by more than one deformation event and/or more than one deformational style
* Age and relative timing of deformation
* Relation between structural trap development and other hydrocarbon systems events, such as source, seal, and reservoir deposition
==When to use it==
Always use plate tectonics. Although it is most useful in frontier basins, it is helpful even in mature basins. Knowing how a structural play fits into the regional tectonic picture may yield new ideas and approaches to exploration.
==How to use it==
This inexpensive technique is applied directly from the following:
* Regional literature in professional journals
* Interactive computer programs showing plate positions and configurations during geologic history
* Independent or “spec” regional studies integrating all aspects of the petroleum geology of a large region
==Examples of use==
* Watson, M., P., Hayward, A., B., Parkinson, D., N., Zhang, Z., M., 1987, Plate tectonic history, basin development and petroleum source rock deposition onshore China: Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 4, p. 205–225., 10., 1016/0264-8172(87)90045-6
* Redfern, P., Jones, J., A., 1995, The interior rifts of Yemen-analysis of basin structure and stratigraphy in a regional plate tectonic context: Basin Research, v. 7, p. 337–356., 10., 1111/bre., 1995., 7., issue-4
* Pindell, J., L., Barrett, S., F., 1990, Geological evolution of the Caribbean region: a plate-tectonic perspective, in Dengo, G., Case, J., E., eds., The Caribbean Region (vol. H of the Geology of North America series): Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, p. 405–432.
* Harding, T., P., Lowell, J., D., 1979, Structural styles, their plate-tectonic habitats and hydrocarbon traps in petroleum provinces: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 63, p. 1016–1058.
* Dickinson, W., R., Yarborough, H., 1978, Plate Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Accumulation: AAPG Continuing Education Series 1, 148 p.
* Busby, C., J., Ingersoll, R., V., eds., 1995, Tectonics of SedimentaryBasins: Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Scientific, 570 p.
* Beydoun, Z., R., 1991, Arabian Plate Hydrocarbon Geology and Potential—A Plate Tectonic Approach: AAPG Studies in Geology 33, 77 p.
* Yin, A., Nie, S., 1996, A Phanerozoic palinspastic reconstruction of China and its neighboring regions, in Yin, A., Harrison, T., M., eds., The Tectonic Evolution of Asia: Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge University Press, p. 442–485.
==See also==
* [[Scoping techniques and tools]]
* [[Potential fields]]
* [[Remote sensing]]
* [[Regional maps and cross sections]]
* [[Fieldwork]]
* [[Natural analogs]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Exploring for structural traps]]
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Exploring for structural traps
| frompg = 20-1
| topg = 20-70
| author = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
==Information provided==
Plate tectonic studies provide the following kinds of information:
* Regional geologic framework
* Types of major structures expected in the play
* Whether the area may have been affected by more than one deformation event and/or more than one deformational style
* Age and relative timing of deformation
* Relation between structural trap development and other hydrocarbon systems events, such as source, seal, and reservoir deposition
==When to use it==
Always use plate tectonics. Although it is most useful in frontier basins, it is helpful even in mature basins. Knowing how a structural play fits into the regional tectonic picture may yield new ideas and approaches to exploration.
==How to use it==
This inexpensive technique is applied directly from the following:
* Regional literature in professional journals
* Interactive computer programs showing plate positions and configurations during geologic history
* Independent or “spec” regional studies integrating all aspects of the petroleum geology of a large region
==Examples of use==
* Watson, M., P., Hayward, A., B., Parkinson, D., N., Zhang, Z., M., 1987, Plate tectonic history, basin development and petroleum source rock deposition onshore China: Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 4, p. 205–225., 10., 1016/0264-8172(87)90045-6
* Redfern, P., Jones, J., A., 1995, The interior rifts of Yemen-analysis of basin structure and stratigraphy in a regional plate tectonic context: Basin Research, v. 7, p. 337–356., 10., 1111/bre., 1995., 7., issue-4
* Pindell, J., L., Barrett, S., F., 1990, Geological evolution of the Caribbean region: a plate-tectonic perspective, in Dengo, G., Case, J., E., eds., The Caribbean Region (vol. H of the Geology of North America series): Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, p. 405–432.
* Harding, T., P., Lowell, J., D., 1979, Structural styles, their plate-tectonic habitats and hydrocarbon traps in petroleum provinces: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 63, p. 1016–1058.
* Dickinson, W., R., Yarborough, H., 1978, Plate Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Accumulation: AAPG Continuing Education Series 1, 148 p.
* Busby, C., J., Ingersoll, R., V., eds., 1995, Tectonics of SedimentaryBasins: Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Scientific, 570 p.
* Beydoun, Z., R., 1991, Arabian Plate Hydrocarbon Geology and Potential—A Plate Tectonic Approach: AAPG Studies in Geology 33, 77 p.
* Yin, A., Nie, S., 1996, A Phanerozoic palinspastic reconstruction of China and its neighboring regions, in Yin, A., Harrison, T., M., eds., The Tectonic Evolution of Asia: Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge University Press, p. 442–485.
==See also==
* [[Scoping techniques and tools]]
* [[Potential fields]]
* [[Remote sensing]]
* [[Regional maps and cross sections]]
* [[Fieldwork]]
* [[Natural analogs]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Exploring for structural traps]]