Overview of the potential and identified petroleum source rocks of the Appalachian basin, eastern United States
Professional Paper
1708-G.13
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Abstract
The Appalachian basin is the oldest and longest producing commercially viable petroleum-producing basin in the United States. Source rocks for reservoirs within the basin are located throughout the entire stratigraphic succession and extend geographically over much of the foreland basin and fold-and-thrust belt that make up the Appalachian basin. Major source rock intervals occur in Ordovician, Devonian, and Pennsylvanian strata with minor source rock intervals present in Cambrian, Silurian, and Mississippian strata.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Overview of the potential and identified petroleum source rocks of the Appalachian basin, eastern United States |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1708 |
| Chapter | G.13 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1708G.13 |
| Year Published | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Eastern Energy Resources Science Center |
| Description | iv, 33 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Coal and petroleum resources in the Appalachian basin: distribution, geologic framework, and geochemical character (Professional Paper 1708) |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Appalachian basin |
| Projection | Albers Equal-Area Conic projection |
| Scale | 2000000 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |