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| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Exploring for stratigraphic traps
| frompg = 21-1
| topg = 21-68
| author = John C. Dolson, Mike S. Bahorich, Rick C. Tobin, Edward A. Beaumont, Louis J. Terlikoski, Michael L. Hendricks
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch21/ch21.htm
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Diagenetic traps are created by pore throat modifications of primary facies. They can also be created by changes in fluid type within the pore system.

==Categories==
Diagenetic traps occur in two basic categories: early or near-surface traps and late-burial traps.

Early or near-surface diagenetic traps are created by the following:

* Reservoir destroyed by paleosols, meteoric cementation, karsting, cave development, and/or sediment infill
* Reservoir enhanced by paleo-groundwater movement and/or karsting

Late burial diagenetic traps are created by the following:

* Bottom seal generated below oil-water contacts by late cementation
* Primary [[porosity]] preserved due to selective cementation and/or early hydrocarbon emplacement
* Secondary porosity created by cement and/or matrix dissolution

The diagram below shows cross sections of diagenetic trap types.

[[file:exploring-for-stratigraphic-traps_fig21-40.png|thumb|{{figure number|21-40}}See text for explanation.]]

==See also==
* [[Diagenetic modifications of stratigraphic traps]]
* [[Criteria for recognizing diagenetic traps]]
* [[Using petrological information]]

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[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Exploring for stratigraphic traps]]

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