Subduction and Oil Migration

Research Article| September 01, 1974 Subduction and Oil Migration William R. Dickinson William R. Dickinson 1Geology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information William R. Dickinson 1Geology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1974) 2 (9): 421–424. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1974)2<421:SAOM>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation William R. Dickinson; Subduction and Oil Migration. Geology 1974;; 2 (9): 421–424. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1974)2<421:SAOM>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Petroleum and natural gas pools are abundant within the thick prisms of sediment deposited along many rifted continental margins. Where crustal collisions that assemble composite continents occur, the rifted-margin sediment prisms are drawn down against and beneath the suture belts thus formed. During such partial subduction, fluid hydrocarbons may be driven updip away from the subduction zones to accumulate in reservoirs along adjacent platform margins and within growing foreland fold-thrust belts. The immense petroleum accumulations of the Persian Gulf province southwest of the Zagros suture belt may owe their origin to this process. Similar oil migration in response to partial subduction may have influenced the distribution of petroleum in foreland basins generally; if so, strategies for exploration can perhaps be improved by taking this factor into account. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.