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| | chapter = Exploring for structural traps | | | chapter = Exploring for structural traps |
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− | | topg = 20-70 | + | | topg = 20-25 |
| | 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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| | isbn = 0-89181-602-X | | | isbn = 0-89181-602-X |
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− | ==How to use it==
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− | Well-documented surface or subsurface structures can be used as analogs to help constrain other structural interpretations based on sparse data. For example, if the regional tectonic setting indicates that our exploration area is in a thrust belt, but local outcrop/subsurface data do not accurately define the shape of individual structures, then we can use well-documented examples of structures from other thrust belts ''with similar stratigraphy'' as analogs to constrain our interpretation. However, correlation to producing structures is most valued. | + | Well-documented surface or subsurface structures can be used as analogs to help constrain other structural interpretations based on sparse data. For example, if the regional [[tectonic setting]] indicates that our exploration area is in a [[thrust belt]], but local [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop outcrop] or subsurface data do not accurately define the shape of individual structures, then we can use well-documented examples of structures from other thrust belts ''with similar stratigraphy'' as analogs to constrain our interpretation. However, correlation to producing structures is most valued. |
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− | ==Where to get it==
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− | Because one of the strongest arguments that can be used to “sell” a play in the industry is a producing analogy, such structural analogs are an important part of every structural play. These can be found in such sources as:
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− | * Published regional field atlases from oil-producing states like California, Texas, and Louisiana
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− | * The AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Atlas of Giant Fields, volumes on structural traps
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| * Soule, G. S., Spratt, D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the triangle zone, Grease Creek syncline area, Alberta: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 44, p. 244–257. | | * Soule, G. S., Spratt, D. A., 1996, En echelon geometry and two-dimensional model of the triangle zone, Grease Creek syncline area, Alberta: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 44, p. 244–257. |
| * Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498. | | * Serra, S., 1977, Styles of deformation in the ramp regions of overthrust faults: Wyoming Geological Assoc. 29th Annual Field Conference Guidebook, p. 487–498. |
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| [[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]] |
| + | [[Category:Treatise Handbook 3]] |