Thermal maturity patterns (CAI and %Ro) in upper Ordovician and Devonian rocks of the Appalachian basin : a major revision of USGS Map I-917-E using new subsurface collections / by John E. Repetski [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Repetski, John E.

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series:

Scientific investigations map ; 3006.

Scientific investigations map ; 3006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Appalachian Basin--Maps.

Petroleum.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Paleozoic--Maps.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Shale--Appalachian Basin--Maps.

Shale.

Conodonts--Appalachian Basin--Maps.

Conodonts.

Terrestrial heat flow--Appalachian Basin--Maps.

Terrestrial heat flow.

Thermal analysis in Earth sciences--Appalachian Basin--Maps.

Thermal analysis in Earth sciences.

Paleozoic Geologic Period.

Thermal analysis in earth sciences.

United States--Appalachian Basin.

Genre:

Maps

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 26, 11 pages)

Edition:

Version 1.0.

Place of Publication:

[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Geological Survey, 2008.

Summary:

"The conodont color alteration index (CAI) introduced by Epstein and others (1977) and Harris and others (1978) is an important criterion for estimating the thermal maturity of Ordovician to Mississippian rocks in the Appalachian basin. Consequently, the CAI isograd maps of Harris and others (1978) are commonly used by geologists to characterize the thermal and burial history of the Appalachian basin and to better understand the origin and distribution of oil and gas resources in the basin. The main objectives of our report are to present new CAI isograd maps for Ordovician and Devonian rocks in the Appalachian basin and to interpret the geologic and petroleum resource implications of these maps. The CAI isograd maps presented herein complement, and in some areas replace, the CAI-based isograd maps of Harris and others (1978) for the Appalachian basin. The CAI data presented in this report were derived almost entirely from subsurface samples, whereas the CAI data used by Harris and others (1978) were derived almost entirely from outcrop samples. Because of the different sampling methods, there is little geographic overlap of the two data sets. The new data set is mostly from the Allegheny Plateau structural province and most of the data set of Harris and others (1978) is from the Valley and Ridge structural province, east of the Allegheny structural front."--Introduction

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed November 23, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

CD-ROM version: Thermal maturity patterns (CAI and %Ro) in upper Ordovician and Devonian rocks of the Appalachian basin

ISBN:

9781411321359

1411321359

OCLC:

468828009