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 | title   = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
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==Scale and data type==

[[file:exploring-for-stratigraphic-traps_fig21-4.png|left|thumb|{{figure number|1}}. Copyright: Sarg, 1988; courtesy SEPM.]]

Correlations with well data, such as cuttings, cores, or well logs, can be done to a much higher resolution than seismic scale correlations. The scale of a seismic wavelet limits the scale of correlations within a seismic section. The geologist must refine these correlations to a higher resolution using well data to more accurately define the location of seals and reservoirs.

==Scale and trap detection==
Scale makes a difference in ease of detection and, hence, affects risk. In [[:file:exploring-for-stratigraphic-traps_fig21-4.png|Figure 1]], Pennsylvanian carbonate reef margin depositional sequences from the Delaware and Paradox basins, U.S.A., are compared. Note the difference in scale and how it affects [[seismic interpretation]]. Seismic detection of the Paradox basin traps is much more difficult because of the wavelength of the seismic wave vs. the reservoir thickness.

==See also==
* [[Stratigraphic trap]]s
* [[Exploring for stratigraphic traps]]
* [[Importance of stratigraphic trap seals]]
* [[Impact of diagenesis]]

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