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{{publication
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Critical elements of the petroleum system
| chapter = Sedimentary basin analysis
| frompg = 4-1
| topg = 4-123
| author = John M. Armentrout
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
Within a basin, different areas receive different amounts of sediment through time, resulting in numerous depocenters. Each depocenter is an area containing a thick stratigraphic succession. These different depocenters have unique histories of sediment accumulation, compaction, subsidence, deformation, and [[thermal maturation]] of potential hydrocarbon [[[[source rock]]s]]. Delineation of these depocenters is the second step in basin analysis. Subdividing a depocenter into age-significant units and depositional cycles is the topic of section C.
==See also==
* [[Mapping and analysis of depocenters]]
* [[Example: mapping fluvial input]]
* [[Example: mapping depocenters through time]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Critical elements of the petroleum system]]
[[Category:Sedimentary basin analysis]]
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Critical elements of the petroleum system
| chapter = Sedimentary basin analysis
| frompg = 4-1
| topg = 4-123
| author = John M. Armentrout
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
Within a basin, different areas receive different amounts of sediment through time, resulting in numerous depocenters. Each depocenter is an area containing a thick stratigraphic succession. These different depocenters have unique histories of sediment accumulation, compaction, subsidence, deformation, and [[thermal maturation]] of potential hydrocarbon [[[[source rock]]s]]. Delineation of these depocenters is the second step in basin analysis. Subdividing a depocenter into age-significant units and depositional cycles is the topic of section C.
==See also==
* [[Mapping and analysis of depocenters]]
* [[Example: mapping fluvial input]]
* [[Example: mapping depocenters through time]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch04/ch04.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Critical elements of the petroleum system]]
[[Category:Sedimentary basin analysis]]