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Data from Methane Emission Measurements and Isotope Geochemistry Samples from Orphan Oil and Gas Wells on the Kevin-Sunburst Dome in Montana, U.S.A., from April 2021 to October 2023 Data from Methane Emission Measurements and Isotope Geochemistry Samples from Orphan Oil and Gas Wells on the Kevin-Sunburst Dome in Montana, U.S.A., from April 2021 to October 2023
This dataset contains methane emissions measurements, gas compositions, and methane carbon isotope geochemistry analysis results from orphan oil and gas wells in the Kevin-Sunburst Dome in Toole County, Montana. Emissions measurements were taken between 2021 and 2023, and gas samples were collected in July, 2023.
Insights into the formation of thucholites Insights into the formation of thucholites
Thucholites are unique organic features from igneous and sedimentary rocks composed of a U-C-rich interior enclosed by an organic outer shell. Here, we evaluated thucholites from the Ediacaran Salt Range Formation of the Upper Indus Basin in Pakistan using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectroscopy (NanoSIMS). The thucholites can be...
Geochemical Data for Coal Wastes from Historic Anthracite Coal Mining in Pennsylvania, 2024 Geochemical Data for Coal Wastes from Historic Anthracite Coal Mining in Pennsylvania, 2024
In addition to their potential for energy generation, coal and coal byproducts may be economically important resources if they are enriched in critical minerals such as rare earth elements or if their organic carbon can be converted to gas by stimulated microbial methanogenesis. Samples of coal refuse (culm) from a historic mine site in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania were...
Major, minor, and trace element composition of black shales of the Virginia Formation, Minnesota Major, minor, and trace element composition of black shales of the Virginia Formation, Minnesota
Sixty samples of Paleoproterozoic Virginia Formation of the Animikie Group black shales were collected from two public drill cores (VHD-00-1; LWD-99-2) housed at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Drill Core Library in Hibbing, MN. The black shale samples were ground to a powder and subjected to several analyses. Trace elements were determined using multi-acid digestion and...
Raman spectral parameters of pyrolyzed samples for three types of graptolites Raman spectral parameters of pyrolyzed samples for three types of graptolites
A series of gold tube pyrolysis experiments (72 hrs, 300–600 °C) conducted on a graptolite-rich lower Paleozoic marine shale generated pyrolysis residues for a comprehensive evaluation of the molecular and structural variability of three types of graptolite periderm, namely granular, non-granular, and nodular graptolite. Raman spectroscopy in combination with organic petrology and field...
Micro-Raman spectroscopy parameters investigating biochar's carbon stability and structural development in comparison to fusinite and semifusinite Micro-Raman spectroscopy parameters investigating biochar's carbon stability and structural development in comparison to fusinite and semifusinite
Semifusinite and fusinite macerals are formed through carbonization of plant material in naturally occurring wildfires. Both macerals, belonging to the inertinite maceral group, are carbon-rich and oxygen-poor, and are typical constituents of charcoal. The charring of plant material into charcoal serves as nature’s method for storing carbon over geological timescales. The permanence and...
Geochemical Data for Produced Water and Gas from the Antrim Shale in Michigan, 2023 Geochemical Data for Produced Water and Gas from the Antrim Shale in Michigan, 2023
In 2023, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Riverside Energy Michigan, LLC, conducted an injection experiment to monitor the natural rate of biogenic methane generation in the Mortensen A4-24 well which was completed in the Antrim Shale and located in Antrim County, Michigan, United States of America. Approximately 20 barrels (bbl) of produced water was pumped from the well...
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 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
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...
Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale
Solid bitumen is widely used as a thermal proxy in source-rock reservoirs, yet its texture and presentation may be affected by varying environmental constraints during its formation, e.g., water concentration, mineral catalysis, or salinity. Herein we investigated the development of solid bitumen properties during artificial maturation using three diverse (lacustrine to marine) oil shale...
Simulations of hypothetical CO2 leakage and hydrological plume management in an underground source of drinking water at a proposed CO2 storage facility, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA Simulations of hypothetical CO2 leakage and hydrological plume management in an underground source of drinking water at a proposed CO2 storage facility, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA
This data release serves as a model archive associated with an upcoming journal article. It contains all the input and output files from, as well as explanatory information about, numerical simulations that were conducted as part of a study of a site in Kemper County, Mississippi where deep geologic injection of CO2 has been proposed. The simulations represent groundwater flow within a...
Federal Lands Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates 2005-22 - Data Federal Lands Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates 2005-22 - Data
This dataset includes eighteen years of emissions and sequestration estimates (2005-2022) in two separate tables. Table 1 includes the greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion and extraction of fossil fuels on Federal mineral lands. Table 2 is the emissions and sequestration from ecosystem processes on Federal surface lands. The fossil fuel related estimates include the greenhouse...
Raman data supporting deep syntectonic burial of the Anthracite belt region, Pennsylvania Raman data supporting deep syntectonic burial of the Anthracite belt region, Pennsylvania
Included in this data release are eight files: one metadata file, 6 comma separated value (.csv) datafiles and one data dictionary file defining the entities and attributes that constitute this dataset. The 6 datafiles support the publication, Deep syntectonic burial of the Anthracite belt, Eastern Pennsylvania, by providing in csv format the data from Figure 11 – Representative Raman...