Depositional trap regime
Traps in the depositional regime formed primarily by processes that created facies changes between reservoir and seal-quality rocks. Besides deposition by sedimentary processes, this regime also includes deposition by igneous processes.
Classes
The basis for the three classes of the depositional regime is the geometric arrangement of the facies resulting from depositional processes. The subclasses describe reservoir composition or lithology. Where described, trap styles can be listed based on the lithology or composition of the sealing rocks. The outline below shows the classes and subclasses of the depositional regime.
| System | Regime | Class | Subclass | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratigraphic | Depositional; Trap boundaries are created primarily by depositional processes and can involve igneous rocks as well as sedimentary rocks. Three classes are recognized, based on whether the trap involves an isolated reservoir, an updip pinch-out, or depositional relief on top of the reservoir. | Isolated (local) depositional reservoirs; Reservoir rock is partially or completely isolated by sealing rocks, which provide top, side, and often bottom seals. These traps are often of limited areal extent, with trap closure defined largely by reservoir distribution. | Sandstone reservoirs; Partially or completely isolated by seal. | |
| Carbonate reservoirs; Partially or completely isolated by seal. | ||||
| Igneous reservoirs; Partially isolated by seal. | ||||
| Depositional pinch-outs; Depositional processes form an updip pinch-out of permeable rock into impermeable rock. Trap closure is usually created by an updip re-entrant of the pinch-out boundary or by a combination of the pinch-out with other trap elements, such as tectonic nosing or hydrodynamics. Pinch-out boundaries typically involve top, side, and bottom seals. | Regional sandstone pinch-outs; Regional updip pinch-outs of sandstone into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite. | |||
| Local sandstone pinch-outs; Local updip pinch-outs of sandstone into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite. | ||||
| Regional carbonate pinch-outs; Regional updip pinch-outs of carbonate into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite. | ||||
| Local carbonate pinch-outs; Local updip pinch-outs of carbonate into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite. | ||||
| Depositional relief traps; Process forms positive relief on top of the reservoir; this topographic relief between top seal and reservoir creates the trap closure. | Sandstone depositional relief traps | |||
| Carbonate depositional relief traps | Carbonate reservoirs sealed by shale | |||
| Carbonate reservoirs sealed by tight carbonate | ||||
| Carbonate reservoirs sealed by evaporites | ||||
System: Stratigraphic
- Regime: Depositional
- Trap boundaries are created primarily by depositional processes and can involve igneous rocks as well as sedimentary rocks. Three classes are recognized, based on whether the trap involves an isolated reservoir, an updip pinch-out, or depositional relief on top of the reservoir.
- Class: Isolated (local) depositional reservoirs
- Reservoir rock is partially or completely isolated by sealing rocks, which provide top, side, and often bottom seals. These traps are often of limited areal extent, with trap closure defined largely by reservoir distribution.
- Subclass: Sandstone reservoirs
- Partially or completely isolated by seal.
- Subclass: Carbonate reservoirs
- Partially or completely isolated by seal.
- Subclass: Igneous reservoirs
- Partially isolated by seal.
- Class: Depositional pinch-outs
- Depositional processes form an updip pinch-out of permeable rock into impermeable rock. Trap closure is usually created by an updip re-entrant of the pinch-out boundary or by a combination of the pinch-out with other trap elements, such as tectonic nosing or hydrodynamics. Pinch-out boundaries typically involve top, side, and bottom seals.
- Subclass: Regional sandstone pinch-outs
- Regional updip pinch-outs of sandstone into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite.
- Subclass: Local sandstone pinch-outs
- Local updip pinch-outs of sandstone into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite.
- Subclass: Regional carbonate pinch-outs
- Regional updip pinch-outs of carbonate into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite.
- Subclass: Local carbonate pinch-outs
- Local updip pinch-outs of carbonate into an impermeable facies such as shale or anhydrite.
- Class: Depositional relief traps
- Process forms positive relief on top of the reservoir; this topographic relief between top seal and reservoir creates the trap closure.
- Subclass: Sandstone depositional relief traps
- Subclass: Carbonate depositional relief traps
- Style: Carbonate reservoirs sealed by shale
- Style: Carbonate reservoirs sealed by tight carbonate
- Style: Carbonate reservoirs sealed by evaporites
Families
Genetic families for the various depositional trap classes and subclasses have been established based primarily on the genesis of the reservoir. Where desired, trap varieties can be added based on the genesis or origin of the sealing units. Larger superfamilies have been created based on the general depositional environment of the reservoir, i.e., marine, continental, or lacustrine.
Note that the same genetic families and subfamilies can be used for different depositional classes (geometry). This lets cross-correlations be made between different geometric trap classes within similar genetic settings, e.g., isolated reservoirs or pinch-outs within the shallow marine environment. Thus, if desired, trap classes can be combined under similar trap families. Examples of the more common depositional trap superfamilies, families, and subfamilies are given below.
| Regime | Class | Subclass | Superfamily | Family | Subfamily | Variety | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Variety | Seal Variety | ||||||||
| Top | Side | Bottom | |||||||
| Depositional reservoirs | Isolated depositional reservoirs | Isolated carbonate reservoirs | Marine carbonate reservoirs | Open-shelf (high-energy) carbonates | Shoal | Oolite | |||
| Skeletal | |||||||||
| Tidal-zone carbonates | Tidal channel | ||||||||
| Isolated sandstone reservoirs | Marine sandstone traps | Shallow-water sandstone reservoirs | Beach | ||||||
| Barrier island | |||||||||
| Offshore bar | |||||||||
| Deepwater sandstone reservoirs | Turbidites | ||||||||
| Turbidite channel | |||||||||
| Submarine fans | |||||||||
| Alluvial sandstone reservoirs | Fluvial | Channel | Deltaic | ||||||
| Deltaic | Distributary channel | ||||||||
| Isolated igneous reservoirs | Intrusive igneous bodies | Intrusive sills | |||||||
| Depositional pinch-outs | Sandstone pinch-outs | Marine sandstone pinch-outs | Shallow marine; Updip pinch-out of shallow marine sands into lagoonal or basinal shales and silts. | Barrier bar | Pinch-out into lagoonal shale | ||||
| Pinch out into marine shale | |||||||||
| Deep marine | Turbidite; Updip pinch-out of marine turbidite sandstone into marine shale. | ||||||||
| Lacustrine sandstone pinch-outs | Lacustrine delta pinch-out | ||||||||
| Carbonate pinch-outs | Marine carbonate pinch-outs | Tidal zone | Tidal-flat carbonate pinch-out | Pinch-out into silts and shales | |||||
| Pinch-out into tight dolomites and anhydrite | |||||||||
| Open shelf (high energy) | Carbonate bank pinch-out | Rudistid limestone bank | Marine shale | Tight shelf limestone | |||||
| Depositional relief | Sandstone | colspan = 6 | Dune | |||||||
| Marine sandstone reservoirs | Deep water | Turbidite fan | |||||||
| Carbonate | Marine carbonate reservoirs | Bioherms; Trap results from depositional relief created by porous organic carbonate buildup sealed by overlying and adjacent tight lithologies. These buildups are commonly referred to as reefs. A wide variety of reef traps have been described and classified based upon both the environment of deposition and geometry of the carbonate reservoir. Oil and gas have been trapped in barrier reefs, fringing reefs, platform reefs, atoll reefs, patch reefs, pinnacle reefs, reef mounds (or mud mounts), and carbonate banks (James and Gelsetzer, 1989[citation needed]). These terms can be used as subfamilies, as noted below. If a more detailed classification is needed, varieties can be established based upon the facies and genesis of the sealing units surrounding the buildups. | Pinnacle reefs; High-relief, circular or ovoid mounds created by upward grown of carbonate frame-building organisms in basinal setting. Reef typically contains a significant amount of high-energy carbonate detritus (grain-stones, wackestones) as well as boundstones and framestones. Reef width is less than 10% of height (James and Geldsetzer, 1989). | ||||||
| Platform reefs; Larger reefal carbonate buildup in which lateral dimensions are measured in kilometers and in which reef width is more than 10 times reef height (James and Geldsetzer, 1989). | |||||||||
| Patch reefs; Small, low-relief carbonate mounds developed by frame-building organisms on top of a shelf. | |||||||||
| Mud mounds; Depositional carbonate mounds consisting largely of clean lime mudstone with relatively little macro-fossil debris. | |||||||||
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Regime: Depositional reservoirs
- Class: Isolated depositional reservoirs
- Subclass: Isolated carbonate reservoirs
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate reservoirs
- Family: Open-shelf (high-energy) carbonates
- Subfamily: Shoal
- Variety: Oolite
- Variety: Skeletal
- Subfamily: Shoal
- Family: Tidal-zone carbonates
- Subfamily: Tidal channel
- Family: Open-shelf (high-energy) carbonates
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate reservoirs
- Subclass: Isolated sandstone reservoirs
- Superfamily: Marine sandstone traps
- Family: Shallow-water sandstone reservoirs
- Subfamily: Beach
- Subfamily: Barrier island
- Subfamily: Offshore bar
- Family: Deepwater sandstone reservoirs
- Subfamily: Turbidites
- Subfamily: Turbidite channel
- Subfamily: Submarine fans
- Family: Shallow-water sandstone reservoirs
- Superfamily: Alluvial sandstone reservoirs
- Family: Fluvial
- Subfamily: Channel
- Variety: Deltaic
- Subfamily: Channel
- Family: Deltaic
- Subfamily: Distributary channel
- Family: Fluvial
- Superfamily: Marine sandstone traps
- Subclass: Isolated igneous reservoirs
- Superfamily: Intrusive igneous bodies
- Family: Intrusive sills
- Superfamily: Intrusive igneous bodies
- Subclass: Isolated carbonate reservoirs
- Class: Depositional pinch-outs
- Subclass: Sandstone pinch-outs
- Superfamily: Marine sandstone pinch-outs
- Family: Shallow marine
- Updip pinch-out of shallow marine sands into lagoonal or basinal shales and silts.
- Subfamily: Barrier bar
- Variety: Pinch-out into lagoonal shale
- Variety: Pinch-out into marine shale
- Subfamily: Barrier bar
- Family: Deep marine
- Subfamily: Turbidite
- Updip pinch-out of marine turbidite sandstone into marine shale.
- Superfamily: Lacustrine sandstone pinch-outs
- Family: Lacustrine delta pinch-out
- Superfamily: Marine sandstone pinch-outs
- Subclass: Carbonate pinch-outs
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate pinch-outs
- Family: Tidal zone
- Subfamily: Tidal-flat carbonate pinch-out
- Variety: Pinch-out into silts and shales
- Variety: Pinch-out into tight dolomites and anhydrite
- Subfamily: Tidal-flat carbonate pinch-out
- Family: Open shelf (high energy)
- Subfamily: Carbonate bank pinch-out
- Reservoir variety: Rudistid limestone bank
- Seal variety:
- Top: Marine shale
- Side: Tight shelf limestone
- Subfamily: Carbonate bank pinch-out
- Family: Tidal zone
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate pinch-outs
- Subclass: Sandstone pinch-outs
- Class: Depositional relief
- Subclass: Sandstone
- Superfamily: Eolian sandstone reservoirs
- Family: Dune
- Superfamily: Marine sandstone reservoirs
- Family: Deep water
- Subfamily: Turbidite fan
- Family: Deep water
- Superfamily: Eolian sandstone reservoirs
- Subclass: Carbonate
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate reservoirs
- Family: Bioherms
- Trap results from depositional relief created by porous organic carbonate buildup sealed by overlying and adjacent tight lithologies. These buildups are commonly referred to as reefs. A wide variety of reef traps have been described and classified based upon both the environment of deposition and geometry of the carbonate reservoir. Oil and gas have been trapped in barrier reefs, fringing reefs, platform reefs, atoll reefs, patch reefs, pinnacle reefs, reef mounds (or mud mounts), and carbonate banks (James and Gelsetzer, 1989). These terms can be used as subfamilies, as noted below. If a more detailed classification is needed, varieties can be established based upon the facies and genesis of the sealing units surrounding the buildups.
- Subfamily: Pinnacle reefs
- High-relief, circular or ovoid mounds created by upward grown of carbonate frame-building organisms in basinal setting. Reef typically contains a significant amount of high-energy carbonate detritus (grain-stones, wackestones) as well as boundstones and framestones. Reef width is less than 10% of height (James and Geldsetzer, 1989).
- Subfamily: Platform reefs
- Larger reefal carbonate buildup in which lateral dimensions are measured in kilometers and in which reef width is more than 10 times reef height (James and Geldsetzer, 1989).
- Subfamily: Patch reefs
- Small, low-relief carbonate mounds developed by frame-building organisms on top of a shelf.
- Subfamily: Mud mounds
- Depositional carbonate mounds consisting largely of clean lime mudstone with relatively little macro-fossil debris.
- Superfamily: Marine carbonate reservoirs
- Subclass: Sandstone
- Class: Supraunconformity traps
- Subclass: Onlap pinch-out
- Superfamily: Nonmarine erosion surface
- Family: Sequence-boundary unconformity onlap
- Subfamily: Depositional re-entrant
- Reservoir variety: Deltaic sandstone pinch-out
- Seal variety:
- Top: Deltaic shale
- Bottom: Subunconformity units
- Subfamily: Depositional re-entrant
- Family: Sequence-boundary unconformity onlap
- Superfamily: Nonmarine erosion surface
- Subclass: Buttress pinch-outs
- Superfamily: Nonmarine erosional surface
- Family: Sequence-boundary unconformity buttress
- Subfamily: Pinch-out against erosional ridge
- Reservoir variety: Alluvial sandstone
- Seal variety:
- Top: Nonmarine shale
- Side: Marine shale of subcrop ridge
- Bottom: Marine shale beneath unconformity
- Subfamily: Pinch-out against erosional ridge
- Family: Sequence-boundary unconformity buttress
- Superfamily: Nonmarine erosional surface
- Subclass: Onlap pinch-out
See also
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