How to use the trap classification scheme
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Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps | |
Series | Treatise in Petroleum Geology |
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Part | Traps, trap types, and the petroleum system |
Chapter | Classification of exploration traps |
Author | Richard R. Vincelette, Edward A. Beaumont, Norman H. Foster |
Link | Web page |
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One geologic element may control the existence of a trap. These are pure stratigraphic, structural, or fluidic traps. But many traps are a combination of two or three geologic elements. In these traps, basic trapping elements occur in combination to provide the ultimate trapping mechanism. Classifying combination traps is a matter of deciding which are the primary, secondary, and, in some cases, tertiary controlling elements.