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Title: Variations in vitrinite reflectance values for the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation, southeastern Piceance basin, northwestern Colorado; implications for burial history and potential hydrocarbon generation. The Frying Pan Member of the Maroon Formation; a lower Permian( ) basin-margin dune field in northwestern Colorado

Abstract

Most of the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation in the southeastern Piceance basin is thermally mature enough to have produced hydrocarbons by thermal generation, but only part of the Mesaverde is thermally mature enough to have expelled significant amounts of natural gas. The Early Permian( ) Frying pan Member of the Maroon Formation consists of quartz rich, very fine to fine-grained sandstone deposited in eolian dune and interdune environments. The Frying pan Member (formerly called the sandstone of the Frying pan River) is removed from the State Bridge Formation and assigned to the Maroon Formation.

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5536824
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Book
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Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; COLORADO; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SOURCE ROCKS; MATURATION; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; US DOI; VITRINITE; FEDERAL REGION VIII; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MACERALS; MESOZOIC ERA; MINERAL RESOURCES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESOURCES; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 030200 - Natural Gas- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

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Nuccio, V F, Johnson, R C, and Johnson, S Y. Variations in vitrinite reflectance values for the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation, southeastern Piceance basin, northwestern Colorado; implications for burial history and potential hydrocarbon generation. The Frying Pan Member of the Maroon Formation; a lower Permian( ) basin-margin dune field in northwestern Colorado. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Nuccio, V F, Johnson, R C, & Johnson, S Y. Variations in vitrinite reflectance values for the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation, southeastern Piceance basin, northwestern Colorado; implications for burial history and potential hydrocarbon generation. The Frying Pan Member of the Maroon Formation; a lower Permian( ) basin-margin dune field in northwestern Colorado. United States.
Nuccio, V F, Johnson, R C, and Johnson, S Y. 1989. "Variations in vitrinite reflectance values for the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation, southeastern Piceance basin, northwestern Colorado; implications for burial history and potential hydrocarbon generation. The Frying Pan Member of the Maroon Formation; a lower Permian( ) basin-margin dune field in northwestern Colorado". United States.
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title = {Variations in vitrinite reflectance values for the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation, southeastern Piceance basin, northwestern Colorado; implications for burial history and potential hydrocarbon generation. The Frying Pan Member of the Maroon Formation; a lower Permian( ) basin-margin dune field in northwestern Colorado},
author = {Nuccio, V F and Johnson, R C and Johnson, S Y},
abstractNote = {Most of the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation in the southeastern Piceance basin is thermally mature enough to have produced hydrocarbons by thermal generation, but only part of the Mesaverde is thermally mature enough to have expelled significant amounts of natural gas. The Early Permian( ) Frying pan Member of the Maroon Formation consists of quartz rich, very fine to fine-grained sandstone deposited in eolian dune and interdune environments. The Frying pan Member (formerly called the sandstone of the Frying pan River) is removed from the State Bridge Formation and assigned to the Maroon Formation.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5536824}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
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