Contents of 11.2 How are resources related to geologic structures?

11.2 How are resources related to geologic structures?

Cross section shows position of oil and what happens along a fault.

Fig 11.11

Oil and gas traps: it is easy then to see why fluids moving upwards in porous rocks will follow the curve of an anticline (a) or the slope of a faulted area (b) and stop only when they encounter a low-porosity rock.