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Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA

January 14, 2025
Chemostratigraphic signatures were recorded in a 113 m thick outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (~103–82 Ma) Hue Shale exposed on the bank of the Jago River in the coastal plain (“1002 Area”) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. Spectral gamma-ray (SGR) data was collected in situ across the Jago River section. A total of 250 samples consisting of predominantly clay-rich mudstone were collected for organic and inorganic geochemical analyses. This data release includes SGR, total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, and elemental abundance results. For a full explanation of methods and analytical results, see the companion manuscript Botterell et al. (2025).
Publication Year 2025
Title Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA
DOI 10.5066/P14AH7MB
Authors Palma J Botterell, Jeremy K Ray, Margaret M Sanders, David W Houseknecht, Richard O Lease, William A Rouse, Katherine J Whidden, Julie A Dumoulin, Rebecca A Smith, Christina A DeVera, Brett J Valentine
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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