CONTINENTAL MARGINS FROM VIEWPOINT OF THE PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST

Abstract

The broad zone of contact between continental and oceanic domains has been called the continental margin. For the petroleum geologist, it is significant that through the ages the continental margin has been the great mixing bowl in which has been brewed most of the world's petroleum and from which most of its petroleum production to date has been derived. The continental margin should be the fruitful meeting ground of the petroleum geologist, the geologist of the oceans, and the student of earth history.