Anticlinal trap Structural trap



anticlinal trap


an anticline area of subsurface strata have been pushed forming domed shape. if there layer of impermeable rock present in dome shape, hydrocarbons can accumulate @ crest until anticline filled spill point - highest point hydrocarbons can escape anticline. type of trap far significant hydrocarbon industry. anticline traps long oval domes of land can seen looking @ geological map or flying on land.








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