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The tectonic setting and stratigraphic section are similar to the producing trend; therefore, the [[deformation]] features of the exposed structures can be used as analogs for producing structures to the south. The numbered ridge lines in the photo provide a set of natural serial cross sections through the structures ([[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-13.png|Figure 10]]).

The tectonic setting and stratigraphic section are similar to the producing trend; therefore, the [[deformation]] features of the exposed structures can be used as analogs for producing structures to the south. The numbered ridge lines in the photo provide a set of natural serial cross sections through the structures ([[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-13.png|Figure 10]]).

[[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-14.png|Figure 10]] shows structures in the upper plate of the Absaroka thrust fault on the south side of ridge line 4 in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-12.png|Figure 9]]. The white outcrops in the valley in the left foreground are tightly folded Ordovician Bighorn dolomite.

[[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-14.png|Figure 10]] shows structures in the upper plate of the Absaroka thrust fault on the south side of ridge line 4 in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-12.png|Figure 9]]. The white [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrops] in the valley in the left foreground are tightly folded Ordovician Bighorn dolomite.

==Prospect and location==

==Prospect and location==

These models were constructed of originally planar layers of limestone, sandstone, and granite. They were [[Deformation|deformed]] in a pressure vessel at an effective overburden pressure of 15 × 10³ psi (1 × 10⁵ kPa). The top view is a photomicrograph of a model that simulates a thrust ramp. The bottom view simulates the hanging-wall geometry produced by movement along a series of bedding-parallel and ramp segments of a thrust fault.

These models were constructed of originally planar layers of limestone, sandstone, and granite. They were [[Deformation|deformed]] in a pressure vessel at an effective overburden pressure of 15 × 10³ psi (1 × 10⁵ kPa). The top view is a photomicrograph of a model that simulates a thrust ramp. The bottom view simulates the hanging-wall geometry produced by movement along a series of bedding-parallel and ramp segments of a thrust fault.

Data on deformation mechanisms, such as fractures and how they affect reservoir properties, are obtained by integrating outcrop fracture data and laboratory estimates of fracture aperture. This integration allows for a direct calculation of fracture [[porosity]] and fracture [[permeability]] for the reservoir.

Data on deformation mechanisms, such as fractures and how they affect reservoir properties, are obtained by integrating [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] fracture data and laboratory estimates of fracture aperture. This integration allows for a direct calculation of fracture [[porosity]] and fracture [[permeability]] for the reservoir.

Examples of outcrop fracture-spacing data relevant to the carbonate section of Whitney Canyon field are shown in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-17.png|Figure 14]]. The photograph shows fractures in the Ordovician Bighorn dolomite in outcrops in the valley seen in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-14.png|Figure 11]]. (Note the inch-scale measuring tape stretched across the center of [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-17.png|Figure 14]].)

Examples of outcrop fracture-spacing data relevant to the carbonate section of Whitney Canyon field are shown in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-17.png|Figure 14]]. The photograph shows fractures in the Ordovician Bighorn dolomite in outcrops in the valley seen in [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-14.png|Figure 11]]. (Note the inch-scale measuring tape stretched across the center of [[:file:exploring-for-structural-traps_fig20-17.png|Figure 14]].)