| Abstract: | The types of hydrocarbons produced from these chalks are determined by the level of thermal maturity associated with present-day burial or paleoburial conditions. Detailed analyses of deeply-buried chalk from core of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Formation in the Champlin Petroleum 2 Boxelder Farms well combined with core data from other Niobrara wells have helped identify many depositional and diagenetic relationships. Porosity of the chalk is proportional to maximum burial depth and inversely proportional to the amount of non-carbonate material (acid- insoluble residue content) in the chalk. Total organic carbon content in the chalk is proportional to the amount of acid-insoluble residue and relative abundance of pyrite in the acid-insoluble fraction. Quartz is inversely proportional to the amount of insoluble material, and the amount of clay tends to increase as insolubles increase, suggesting that detritus in these chalks is greatly influenced by reworked, altered, volcanic products rather than siliceous clastics.-from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Pollastro, R. M.; Martinez, C. J. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Mountain Geologist |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Mineral, chemical and textural relationships in rhythmic-bedded, hydrocarbon-productive chalk of the Niobrara Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado ( USA).; 1985; Article; Journal; Mountain Geologist; Pollastro, R. M.; Martinez, C. J. |
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| Citation Volume: | 22 |
| Citation Year: | 1985 |
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| Text: | Mineral, chemical and textural relationships in rhythmic-bedded, hydrocarbon-productive chalk of the Niobrara Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado ( USA).; 1985; Article; Journal; Mountain Geologist; Pollastro, R. M.; Martinez, C. J. |
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| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00 -0600 |
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