Salt dome trap Structural trap



salt dome trap


masses of salt pushed through clastic rocks due greater buoyancy, breaking through , rising towards surface (see salt dome). salt impermeable , when crosses layer of permeable rock, in hydrocarbons migrating, blocks pathway in same manner fault trap. 1 of reasons why there significant focus on subsalt imaging, despite many technical challenges accompany it.








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