Meaning pinch-out
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pinch-outA type of stratigraphic trap. The termination by thinning or tapering out ("pinching out") of a reservoir against a nonporous sealing rock creates a favorable geometry to trap hydrocarbons, [..]
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pinch-outA type of stratigraphic trap. The termination, by thinning or tapering out ("pinching out"), of a reservoir against a nonporous sealing rock creates a favorable geometry to trap hydrocarbons, particularly if the adjacent sealing rock is a source rock such as shale.
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