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preservation

1. n. []

The phase of a petroleum system after hydrocarbons accumulate in a trap and are subject to degradation, remigration, tectonism or other unfavorable or destructive processes.

See related terms: accumulationcritical momentdiapirhydrocarbonmigrationpetroleum systemplate tectonics