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Geoscience
Analysis of Structural Traps in Extensional Settings
Extensional basins host many of the most productive petroleum provinces and underpin most continental and deepwater margins. This course helps interpreters recognise the range of possible extensional geometries and build realistic, defensible interpretations of seismic and well data.
- Discipline
- Geoscience
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 3 days
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Exploration and development geologists, geophysicists, engineers and managers who interpret and drill structures in extensional terrains.
What participants will be able to do
- Recognise extensional and transtensional deformation styles
- Apply mechanical stratigraphy and restoration thinking to interpretation
- Predict structural geometry from sparse or conflicting data
- Critically evaluate cross sections and structural interpretations
Topics covered
- Basement-involved extension
- Thin-skinned extension
- Transtensional deformation
- Kinematic prediction
- Section restoration and balancing
- Extensional trap styles