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Normal Fault Traps

Normal Fault Traps is a structural trap characterized by the displacement of reservoir rocks along a dipping fault plane due to extensional tectonic forces, where hydrocarbons are sealed against the fault zone by impermeable units juxtaposed to permeable reservoir beds.

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Spatial and temporal variations in growth rates along active normal fault systems: an example from The Lazio–Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy

Gerald Roberts, Alessandro Maria Michetti · Journal of Structural Geology · 2003 · 372 citations · Full text

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Normal faults, normal friction?

Cristiano Collettini, Richard H. Sibson · Geology · 2001 · 282 citations

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Selective fault reactivation during basin inversion: potential for fluid redistribution through fault-valve action

Richard H. Sibson · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1995 · 242 citations

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Graben Hydrocarbon Occurrences and Structural Style

T. P. Harding · AAPG Bulletin · 1984 · 127 citations

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Expressions of shallow gas in the Netherlands North Sea

B.M. Schroot, Ruud Te Schüttenhelm · Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw · 2003 · 105 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RH
    Richard H. Sibson

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    2 publications · 524 citations

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  2. CC
    Conrad Childs

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  3. PM
    Paul Mann

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  4. AK
    Ali̇ Koçyi̇ği̇t

    Middle East Technical University, Türkiye

    1 publications · 83 citations

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  5. LC
    Luis Carlos Carvajal‐Arenas

    University of Houston, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

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  1. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    224 citations

  2. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    239 citations

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    109 citations

  4. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    211 citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    250 citations

  6. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    524 citations

  7. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    9 publications · 625 citations

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  2. AAPG Bulletin

    6 publications · 384 citations

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  3. Geological Society London Special Publications

    3 publications · 316 citations

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  4. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  5. Tectonophysics

    3 publications · 113 citations

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