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Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System of the Transylvanian Basin Province, Romania, Eastern Europe Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System of the Transylvanian Basin Province, Romania, Eastern Europe
The Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System and the Transylvanian Neogene Suprasalt Gas Assessment Unit were identified in the Transylvanian Basin Province (4057), which lies entirely within the country of Romania. The assessment unit is composed of middle Miocene (Badenian) to Pliocene strata. Gas from the assessment unit is biogenic and originated from bacterial activity on...
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Mark Pawlewicz
Characterization and modes of occurrence of elements in feed coal and coal combustion products from a power plant utilizing low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming Characterization and modes of occurrence of elements in feed coal and coal combustion products from a power plant utilizing low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research are collaborating with an Indiana utility company to determine the physical and chemical properties of feed coal and coal combustion products from a coal-fired power plant. The Indiana power plant utilizes a low-sulfur (0.23 to 0.47 weight percent S) and lowash (4.9 to 6.3 weight percent ash)...
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Michael E. Brownfield, James D. Cathcart, Ronald H. Affolter, Isabelle K. Brownfield, Cynthia A. Rice, Joseph T. O’Connor, Robert A. Zielinski, John H. Bullock, James C. Hower, Gregory P. Meeker
Stratigraphic framework, structure, and thermal maturity of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary rocks in relation to hydrocarbon potential, Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana Stratigraphic framework, structure, and thermal maturity of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary rocks in relation to hydrocarbon potential, Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana
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Ronald C. Johnson, Thomas M. Finn, David J. Taylor, Vito F. Nuccio
Kimmeridgian Shales Total Petroleum System of the North Sea Graben Province Kimmeridgian Shales Total Petroleum System of the North Sea Graben Province
The North Sea Graben of northwestern Europe, World Energy Project Province 4025, is entirely offshore within the territorial waters of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Extensional tectonics and failed rifting are fundamental to the distribution of oil and gas in the province. Accordingly, the geologic history and reser-voir rocks of the province are...
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Donald L. Gautier
U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results U.S. Geological Survey 2005 oil and gas resource assessment of the central North Slope, Alaska: Play maps and results
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Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Philip H. Nelson, Christopher J. Schenk
Early to middle Jurassic salt in Baltimore Canyon trough Early to middle Jurassic salt in Baltimore Canyon trough
A pervasive, moderately deep (5-6 s two-way traveltime), high-amplitude reflection is traced on multichannel seismic sections over an approximately 7500 km² area of Baltimore Canyon Trough. The layer associated with the reflection is about 25 km wide, about 60 m thick in the center, and thins monotonically laterally, though asymmetrically, at the edges. Geophysical characteristics are...
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B. Ann McKinney, Myung W. Lee, Warren F. Agena, C. Wylie Poag
Weathering of the meade peak phosphatic shale member, phosphoria formation: Observations based on uranium and its decay products Weathering of the meade peak phosphatic shale member, phosphoria formation: Observations based on uranium and its decay products
Variably weathered outcrop samples of the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation have 5-10% of the contained uranium (U) in a form readily extractable by 0.1 M sodium bicarbonate. Fission track radiography of outcrop samples and other less-weathered channel and core samples indicate that this mobile fraction of U is likely hosted by organic matter, secondary iron...
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Robert A. Zielinski, James R. Budahn, Richard I. Grauch, J. B. Paces, K. R. Simmons
Reply to the comment on “Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.E. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova Reply to the comment on “Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.E. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova
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Joseph F. Whelan, James B. Paces, Zell E. Peterman, Brian D. Marshall, Leonid A. Neymark
Oil-oil correlations to establish a basis for mapping petroleum systems, San Joaquin Basin, California, compiled PowerPoint slides Oil-oil correlations to establish a basis for mapping petroleum systems, San Joaquin Basin, California, compiled PowerPoint slides
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P. G. Lillis, L. B. Magoon
The Pre-Messinian Total Petroleum System of the Provence Basin, Western Mediterranean Sea The Pre-Messinian Total Petroleum System of the Provence Basin, Western Mediterranean Sea
The Provence Basin is in that portion of the western Mediterranean Sea that is deeper than 2 kilometers. The basin lies essentially beyond the outer continental shelf, between the countries of France, Italy, and Algeria, the Balearic Islands, and the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. It encompasses nearly 300,000 square kilometers and includes the Rhone River submarine fan on the...
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Mark Pawlewicz
Global distribution of natural gas resources Global distribution of natural gas resources
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Ronald R. Charpentier
Petroleum generation and migration in the Mesopotamian Basin and Zagros Fold Felt of Iraq: Results from a basin-modeling study Petroleum generation and migration in the Mesopotamian Basin and Zagros Fold Felt of Iraq: Results from a basin-modeling study
A regional 3-D total petroleum-system model was developed to evaluate petroleum generation and migration histories in the Mesopotamian Basin and Zagros fold belt in Iraq. The modeling was undertaken in conjunction with Middle East petroleum assessment studies conducted by the USGS. Regional structure maps, isopach and facies maps, and thermal maturity data were used as input to the model...
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Janet K. Pitman, D. Steinshouer, M. D. Lewan