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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 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. | + | 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]] |