Kentucky, Tennessee: corniferous potential may be worth exploring
The driller's term, corniferous, refers to all carbonate and clastic strata, regardless of geologic age, underlying the regional unconformity below the late Devonian-early Mississippian New Albany shale and overlying the middle Silurian Clinton shale in the study area. From oldest to youngest, the formations that constitute the corniferous are the middle Silurian Keefer formation, the middle Silurian Lockport dolomite, the upper Silurian Salina formation, the lower Devonian Helderberg limestone, the lower Devonian Oriskanysandstone, the lower Devonian Onondaga limestone, and in the extreme western portion of the study area, the middle Devonian Boyle dolomite. The overlying New Albany shale also is termed Ohio shale or Chattanooga shale in the Appalachian Basin. To drillers, it is known simply as the black shale. The study area is located in E. Kentucky on the western flank of the Appalachian Basin and covers all or parts of 32 counties.
- OSTI ID:
- 6320337
- Journal Information:
- Northeast Oil Reporter; (), Journal Name: Northeast Oil Reporter; () Vol. 2:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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040100* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Reserves & Exploration-- (-1989)
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BLACK SHALES
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CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE MINERALS
CARBONATE ROCKS
CARBONATES
CHATTANOOGA FORMATION
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ENERGY SOURCES
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FEDERAL REGION IV
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GEOLOGIC AGES
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MINERAL RESOURCES
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OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
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ROCKS
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