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  2. Anticline - Wikipedia

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    The central Kansas uplift is an antiform composed of several small anticlines that have collectively produced more than 2.5 million barrels of oil. [ 11 ] Another notable anticline is the Tierra Amarilla anticline in San Ysidro, New Mexico. [ 12 ]

  3. Vergence (geology) - Wikipedia

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    When the limbs of a fold converge upward, the fold is referred to as an antiform. Conversely, when the limbs of a fold converge downward, the fold is known as a synform. Not to be confused with these terms (antiform and synform), the terms anticline and syncline are used in the description of the stratigraphic significance of the fold.

  4. Fold (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Anticlinal traps are formed by folding of rock. For example, if a porous sandstone unit covered with low permeability shale is folded into an anticline, it may form a hydrocarbons trap, oil accumulating in the crest of the fold. Most anticlinal traps are produced as a result of sideways pressure, folding the layers of rock, but can also occur ...

  5. Petroleum trap - Wikipedia

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    Anticlinal trap. An anticline is an area of the subsurface where the strata have been pushed into forming a domed shape. If there is a layer of impermeable rock present in this dome shape, then water-insoluble hydrocarbons can accumulate at the crest until the anticline is filled to the spill point (the highest point where hydrocarbons can escape the anticline).

  6. List of geological folds in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Arlington Anticline: East Sussex England E&W 319/334 Armadale Antiform: Scotland Sc 115W Ashby Anticline: Leicestershire England E&W 141, 155 (x-sections) BGS:BRG 10; Smith et al. 2005 Ashover Anticline: England E&W 112 Smith et al. 2005 Astbury Anticline: England Astley Syncline: Warwickshire England E&W 169 Aughton Anticline: E&W 59 Avonmouth ...

  7. River anticline - Wikipedia

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    A river anticline is a geologic structure that is formed by the focused uplift of rock caused by high erosion rates from large rivers relative to the surrounding areas. [1] An anticline is a fold that is concave down, whose limbs are dipping away from its axis, and whose oldest units are in the middle of the fold. [ 2 ]

  8. Syncline - Wikipedia

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    In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria ) is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds. [ 1 ]

  9. Petroleum reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Schematic unconventional reservoir classification expressed as fluid energy vs flow potential based on initials without stimulation. Unconventional (oil & gas) reservoirs are accumulations where oil and gas phases are tightly bound to the rock fabric by strong capillary forces, requiring specialised measures for evaluation and extraction. [21]