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PIEGE DISCORDANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Tectonics
DEF

A type of hydrocarbon trap whose closure is controlled by the presence of an unconformity.

CONT

Reservoirs: Carbonate reefal mounds and facies fronts; fractured carbonates; unconformity traps and discontinuous marine clastic lenses.

OBS

unconformity trap: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les strates du Paléozoïque inférieur sont tournées vers le haut et sont tronquées le long du flanc ouest de la voûte Keele. II se peut que des pièges de discordance aient été créés dans cette région par les schistes du Crétacé qui la recouvrent.

OBS

piège de discordance : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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