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Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in Upper Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin:

A Major Revision on USGS Map I-917-E Using New Subsurface Collections

                 By John E. Repetski, Robert T. Ryder, David J. Weary, Anita G. Harris, and Michael H. Trippi

FIGURES

2005 USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 2005-1268

Assessment of Undiscovered Natural Gas Resources in Devonian Black Shales, Appalachian Basin, Eastern USA

Milici, Robert C.

Report: 2005-1268.pdf

DRAFT—Systematic joints in Devonian black shale: A target for horizontal drilling in the Appalachian Basin.

                 Terry Engelder, The Pennsylvania State University

                 Gary Lash, SUNY Fredonia

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1993 B 1909

Petroleum geology of the Devonian and Mississippian black shale of eastern North America

Edited by Roen, John B.; Kepferle, Roy Clark.

Report: bull_1909.djvu

 

1984 OFR 84-111

Stratigraphic framework of the Devonian black shales of the Appalachian Basin

Roen, J. B; De Witt, Wallace, Jr.

Report: ofr_84_111.djvu

Plate: ofr_84_111_plt.djvu

 

1983 PP 1298

Clay mineralogy of Devonian shales in the Appalachian Basin

Hosterman, J. W.; Whitlow, S. I.

Report: pp_1298.djvu

Plate: pp_1298_plt.djvu

 

1982 OFR 82-219

Lithologic and stratigraphic description of cores of organic-rich shale of Late Devonian and Early Mississippian age in northeastern Kentucky

Kepferle, R. C.; Beard, J. G.; Pollock, J. D.

Report: ofr_82_219.djvu

Plate: ofr_82_219_plt.djvu

 

1981 OFR 81-181

Organic-matter content of Appalachian Devonian shales determined by use of wire-line logs: summary work done 1976-80

Schmoker, J. W.

Report: ofr_81_181.djvu

 

1981 OFR 81-778

Geochemistry of trace elements and uranium in Devonian shales of the Appalachian Basin

Leventhal, Joel S.; Crock, J. G.; Malcolm, M. J.

Report: ofr_81_778.djvu

 

1981 OFR 81-585

Clay mineralogy of Devonian shales in the Appalachian Basin

Hosterman, John W.; Whitlow, Sallie I.

Report: ofr_81_585.djvu

Plate: ofr_81_585_plt.djvu

 

1980 OFR 80-707

Defining organic-rich facies in the Devonian shale in the western part of the Appalachian Basin

Schmoker, James W.

Report: ofr_80_707.djvu

 

1980 OFR 80-938

Comparative geochemistry of Devonian shale cores from the Appalachian Basin, Mason, Monongalia, and Upshur counties, West Virginia; Illinois Basin, Tazwell County, Illinois, and Clark County, Indiana; and Michigan Basin, Sanilac County, Michigan

Leventhal, Joel S.

Report: ofr_80_938.djvu

 

1979 OFR 79-1503

Chemical analysis and geochemical associations in Devonian black shale core samples from Martin County, Kentucky; Carroll and Washington counties, Ohio; Wise County, Virginia; and Overton County, Tennessee

Leventhal, Joel S.

Report: ofr_79_1503.djvu

 

1978 OFR 78-1084

Preliminary report on the clay mineralogy of the Upper Devonian Shales in the southern and middle Appalachian Basin

Hosterman, John W.; Loferski, Patricia J.

Report: ofr_78_1084.djvu

Plate: ofr_78_1084_plt.djvu

 

1978 OFR 78-504

Trace elements, carbon, and sulfur in Devonian black shale cores from Perry County, Kentucky; Jackson and Lincoln Counties, West Virginia; and Cattaraugus County, New York

Leventhal, Joel S.

Report: ofr_78_504.djvu

 

1977 OFR 77-864

Gasfields in Devonian black shale and Landsat lineaments in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania

Colton, George Willis

Report: ofr_77_864.djvu

Plate: ofr_77_864_plt.djvu

Petrophysics, Stratigraphy, and Depositional Dynamices of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Interval in West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania   

                 Matthew Boyce - West Virginia University                 (Link to AAPG Poster)

Bloomin’ Algae! How paleogeography and algal blooms may have significantly impacted deposition and preservation of the Marcellus Shale

                 Gregory R. Wrightstone - Texas Keystone, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA