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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
}}
==How to use it==
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 outcrop/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.
==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
==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.
* Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498.
* Morley, C., K., Nelson, R., A., Patton, T., L., Munn, S., G., 1990, Transfer zones in the East African rift system and their relevance to hydrocarbon exploration in rifts: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 1234–1253.
* Gabrielsen, F., H., Steel, R., J., Nottvedt, A., 1995, Subtle traps in extensional terranes: a model with reference to the North Sea: Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 1, p. 223–235., 10., 1144/petgeo., 1., 3., 223
* Halbouty, M., T., ed., 1992, Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: AAPG Memoir 54, 526 p.
* Erslev, E., A., Mayborn, K., R., 1997, Multiple geometries and modes of fault-propagation folding in the Canadian thrust belt: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19, 321–335., 10., 1016/S0191-8141(97)83027-1
* Davison, I., Bosence, D., Alsop, G., I., Al-Aawah, M., H., 1996, Deformation and sedimentation around active Miocene salt diapirs on the Tihama plain, northwest Yemen, in Alsop, G., I., Blundell, D., J., Davison, I., eds., Salt Tectonics: Geological Society of London Special Publication 100, p. 23–39.
* Harding, T., P., 1984, Graben hydrocarbon occurrences and structural style: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 68, p. 333–362.
* Hardman, R., F., P., Brooks, J., eds., 1990, Tectonic Events Responsible for Britain's Oil and Gas Reserves: Geological Society of London Special Publication 55, 404 p.
* Jackson, M., P., A., Cornelius, R., R., Craig, C., H., Gansser, A., Stocklin, J., Talbot, C., J., 1990, Salt diapirs of the Great Kavir, central Iran: Geological Society of America Memoir 177, 139 p.
* Jamison, W., R., 1987, Geometric analysis of fold development in overthrust terranes: Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 9, p. 207–219., 10., 1016/0191-8141(87)90026-5
* Lowell, J., D., 1995, Mechanics of basin inversion from worldwide examples, in Buchanan, J., G., Buchanan, P., G., eds., Basin Inversion: Geological Society of London Special Publication 88, p. 39–57.
* Mitra, S., 1986, Duplex structures and imbricate thrust systems: geometry, structural position, and hydrocarbon potential: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 70, p. 1087–1112.
==See also==
* [[Scoping techniques and tools]]
* [[Plate tectonic studies]]
* [[Potential fields]]
* [[Remote sensing]]
* [[Regional maps and cross sections]]
* [[Fieldwork]]
==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
}}
==How to use it==
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 outcrop/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.
==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
==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.
* Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498.
* Morley, C., K., Nelson, R., A., Patton, T., L., Munn, S., G., 1990, Transfer zones in the East African rift system and their relevance to hydrocarbon exploration in rifts: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 1234–1253.
* Gabrielsen, F., H., Steel, R., J., Nottvedt, A., 1995, Subtle traps in extensional terranes: a model with reference to the North Sea: Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 1, p. 223–235., 10., 1144/petgeo., 1., 3., 223
* Halbouty, M., T., ed., 1992, Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: AAPG Memoir 54, 526 p.
* Erslev, E., A., Mayborn, K., R., 1997, Multiple geometries and modes of fault-propagation folding in the Canadian thrust belt: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19, 321–335., 10., 1016/S0191-8141(97)83027-1
* Davison, I., Bosence, D., Alsop, G., I., Al-Aawah, M., H., 1996, Deformation and sedimentation around active Miocene salt diapirs on the Tihama plain, northwest Yemen, in Alsop, G., I., Blundell, D., J., Davison, I., eds., Salt Tectonics: Geological Society of London Special Publication 100, p. 23–39.
* Harding, T., P., 1984, Graben hydrocarbon occurrences and structural style: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 68, p. 333–362.
* Hardman, R., F., P., Brooks, J., eds., 1990, Tectonic Events Responsible for Britain's Oil and Gas Reserves: Geological Society of London Special Publication 55, 404 p.
* Jackson, M., P., A., Cornelius, R., R., Craig, C., H., Gansser, A., Stocklin, J., Talbot, C., J., 1990, Salt diapirs of the Great Kavir, central Iran: Geological Society of America Memoir 177, 139 p.
* Jamison, W., R., 1987, Geometric analysis of fold development in overthrust terranes: Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 9, p. 207–219., 10., 1016/0191-8141(87)90026-5
* Lowell, J., D., 1995, Mechanics of basin inversion from worldwide examples, in Buchanan, J., G., Buchanan, P., G., eds., Basin Inversion: Geological Society of London Special Publication 88, p. 39–57.
* Mitra, S., 1986, Duplex structures and imbricate thrust systems: geometry, structural position, and hydrocarbon potential: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 70, p. 1087–1112.
==See also==
* [[Scoping techniques and tools]]
* [[Plate tectonic studies]]
* [[Potential fields]]
* [[Remote sensing]]
* [[Regional maps and cross sections]]
* [[Fieldwork]]
==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]]