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anticlinal trap

anticlinal trap

[¦ant·i¦klīn·əl ′trap]
(geology)
A formation in the top of an anticline in which petroleum has accumulated.
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The formation of anticlinal traps is known to be accompanied by an almost simultaneous development of the sedimentary basin itself.
Formation of Oil and Gas Reservoirs in the Great Depths of the South Caspian Depression./Formacion de Depositos de Petroleo y Gas en las Profundidades al Sur de la Depresion Caspica
The Zagros fold-thrust belt involve gigantic anticlinal traps, with fracturing producing well connected hydrocarbon reservoirs and groundwater aquifers (Beydoun et al., 1992).
Automatic mapping of lineaments using shaded relief images derived from digital elevation model (DEM) in Erbil-Kurdistan, northeast Iraq
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