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AAPG Bulletin

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Volume: 57 (1973)

Issue: 9. (September)

First Page: 1835

Last Page: 1835

Title: Deep-Water Turbidite Channels and their Potential Value in Petroleum Localization: ABSTRACT

Author(s): G. T. Moore, T. J. Fullam

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Recent geophysical surveys delineated the characteristics and distribution of turbidites on the proximal parts of deep-sea fans. Turbidite channels generally normal to depositional strike are concentrated near the apexes of deep-sea fans and may be potential reservoirs of petroleum. Migration of the major channels can dissect older turbidite sequences and in places create stratigraphic traps. Deformation such as slumping that is symmetrical to the fan can provide a structural mechanism for entrapment of migrating petroleum.

As the petroleum industry explores for hydrocarbons in turbidite sequences, it is paramount to understand the sedimentation and subsequent deformation associated with this depositional environment.

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