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  | part    = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps

  | part    = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps

  | chapter = Exploring for structural traps

  | chapter = Exploring for structural traps

  | frompg  = 20-1

  | frompg  = 20-14

  | topg    = 20-70

  | topg    = 20-15

  | author  = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra

  | author  = R.A. Nelson, T.L. Patton, S. Serra

  | link    = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm

  | link    = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch20/ch20.htm

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| 1

| 1 || Relate the play to published or in-house regional tectonic reconstructions and paleogeographic maps of the time periods over which the play's structural movement(s) occurred. Determine if your concept of the structural genesis of the play on the local scale is consistent with these regional scale models. Also consider whether to modify the local structural model or the tectonic model. || Provides a context in which to place the [[deformation]] that is consistent with regional data.

| Relate the play to published or in-house regional tectonic reconstructions and paleogeographic maps of the time periods over which the play's structural movement(s) occurred. Determine if your concept of the structural genesis of the play on the local scale is consistent with these regional scale models. Also consider whether to modify the local structural model or the tectonic model.

| Provides a context in which to place the deformation that is consistent with regional data.

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| 2

| 2 || Determine whether results from considering structural timing and reservoir and seal quality are consistent with current mechanical models of [[fold]] and fault generation or with current knowledge of structural styles. || Provides a check with respect to the rules of mechanics and our knowledge of general structural form.

| Determine whether results from considering structural timing and reservoir and seal quality are consistent with current mechanical models of fold and fault generation or with current knowledge of structural styles.

| Provides a check with respect to the rules of mechanics and our knowledge of general structural form.

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| 3

| 3 || If the structural prospect is either quite complicated or ill constrained by the data, consider physical or numerical modeling to help define geometry and probable mode of origin. || Modeling provides a heuristic approach to predicting type and position of defor-mational features that can then be tested in [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] or with subsurface data.

| If the structural prospect is either quite complicated or ill constrained by the data, consider physical or numerical modeling to help define geometry and probable mode of origin.

| Modeling provides a heuristic approach to predicting type and position of defor-mational features that can then be tested in outcrop or with subsurface data.

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* [[Cross section]]

* [[Cross section]]

* [[Structural maps and cross sections]]

* [[Structural maps and cross sections]]

* [[Understanding the geology of a structural play]]

* [[Structural play geology]]

==External links==

==External links==

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

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

[[Category:Exploring for structural traps]]

[[Category:Exploring for structural traps]]