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PINCH-OUT TRAP [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

A trap where a bed or reservoir rock gets progressively thinner as it nears an impervious area and eventually disappears.

CONT

Pinch-out [is] a type of stratigraphic trap. The termination by thinning or tapering out ("pinching out") of a reservoir against a nonporous sealing rock creates a favorable geometry to trap hydrocarbons, particularly if the adjacent sealing rock is a source rock such as a shale.

Key term(s)
  • pinchout trap
  • pinchout

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Gisements pétrolifères
OBS

La rotation et le pincement distal des grès ont pu engendrer des pièges stratigraphiques profonds.

Spanish

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