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ALLEN, M. R., GOFFEY, G. P., MORGAN, R. K. & WALKER, I. M. (eds) 2006. The Deliberate Search for the Stratigraphic Trap.

Geological Society Special Publication no. 254. v + 304 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £75.00, US $135.00; GSL members’ price £37.50, US $68.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS/EFG/PESGB members’ price £45.00, US $81.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 192 0.

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This book results from a conference, ‘The Deliberate Search for the Stratigraphic Trap – Where Are We Now?’, held in London in 2004. In their introduction the editors state that ‘in-depth understanding of analogue fields . . . and . . . deep insights . . . were generally not well demonstrated’. Judging from the published record this seems fair comment. The contents, which could in several cases have been refereed more rigorously, fall into four groups.

The first, authored by consultants, comprises three papers dealing with corporate strategy, organization and procedures for successful pursuit of stratigraphic plays, based largely on global lookbacks in which prices and evolving technologies might have figured more prominently. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]