From This List, Choose the Reasons) That Indicates) Why You

question 47

Multiple Choice

From this list, choose the reasons) that indicates) why you suspect a particular energy resource is present at location H.

• A) Oil and gas migrate up to the crest of a fold, with an impermeable unit that traps oil and gas below.
• B) Rocks adjacent to a rising salt dome bow upward. Petroleum migrates along these uptilted layers and becomes trapped when it encounters the impermeable salt.
• C) A fault zone, if impermeable, can act as a barrier to migrating oil and gas, causing the oil or gas to accumulate adjacent to the fault zone.
• D) None of these.

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