Petroleum trap, the Glossary

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1. 24 relations: Anticline, Caprock, Clastic rock, Coral reef, Diapir, Evaporite, Fault (geology), Hydrocarbon, Mudstone, Oceanisation, Permeability (materials science), Petroleum, Petroleum geology, Petroleum reservoir, Philip A. Allen, Plate tectonics, Reflection seismology, Salt dome, Salt tectonics, Source rock, Stratum, Structural geology, Tilted block faulting, Unconformity.

Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline.

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Caprock

Caprock or cap rock is a more resistant rock type overlying a less resistant rock type,Kearey, Philip (2001).

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Clastic rock

Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals and rock.

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Coral reef

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.

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Diapir

A diapir is a type of intrusion in which a more mobile and ductilely deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks.

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Evaporite

An evaporite is a water-soluble sedimentary mineral deposit that results from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous solution.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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Oceanisation

Oceanisation, or oceanization, is the process of formation of an ocean after continental rifting.

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Permeability (materials science)

Permeability in fluid mechanics, materials science and Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Petroleum geology

Petroleum geology is the study of the origins, occurrence, movement, accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon fuels.

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Petroleum reservoir

A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Petroleum trap and petroleum reservoir are petroleum geology.

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Philip A. Allen

Philip A. Allen (1953, Bath, Somerset, UK – 9 March 2021) was a British geologist, known for his research in sedimentology and stratigraphy.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Reflection seismology

Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth's subsurface from reflected seismic waves. Petroleum trap and reflection seismology are petroleum geology.

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Salt dome

A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism.

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Salt tectonics

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Source rock

In petroleum geology, source rock is rock which has generated hydrocarbons or which could generate hydrocarbons. Petroleum trap and source rock are petroleum geology.

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Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes.

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Structural geology

Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories.

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Tilted block faulting

Tilted block faulting, also called rotational block faulting, is a mode of structural evolution in extensional tectonic events, a result of tectonic plates stretching apart.

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Unconformity

An unconformity is a buried erosional or non-depositional surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_trap

Also known as Hydrocarbon trap, Stratigraphic trap, Structural trap, Trap (geology).