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Ring Geosystems is wide reconnaissance
based on tectonic analysis of upwelling geomorphic
circular structures intersecting with linear alignments.
The presence of geological structures
manifesting themselves in the earth’s surface topology
has been known for many years. Typically, anticlines and
faults have been mapped, and there was some interest in
the presence of circular geostructures and how they
interfaced with linear faults to form zones suitable for
hydrocarbon accumulation. However, with the onset of
modern seismic methods, interest in topographic searches
for hydrocarbon prolific geostructures lessened.
 Now,
with the onset of high quality, low cost, imaging from
space combined with computer technology, there is a
resurgent interest in these methods. There is no doubt
whatsoever that circular geostructures exist (see
exhaustive mapping of the Former Soviet Union), and of
course, no doubt about linear fault systems.
Geostructures originate from various depths within the
earth (see bottom scale of subsurface depths of the
map). Many are mapped as potential hydrocarbon traps at
various depths using modern seismic. |