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Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Upper Devonian Lower-Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, North-Central Appalachian Basin

Cullen, Patrick James
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-6962
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1528660802767656

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2018, Master of Science, Miami University, Geology and Environmental Earth Science.
Evaluation of the Upper Devonian (Famennian Stage) lower Huron Member in the north-central Appalachian Basin has revealed 4th-order cyclicity that can be correlated in subsurface geophysical well logs across Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. Correlations consist of 21 parasequence-set cycles bounded by sequence boundaries, identified by low gamma ray log values. Trends in lithofacies, color, and total organic carbon identified from a core support sequence stratigraphic interpretation from geophysical well logs. Sequence trends show that the lower Huron Member can be divided into three separate sequence sets corresponding to different stages of basin development throughout the Late Devonian. Sequence sets include an initial transgressive stage exhibiting increases in stratigraphically condensed intervals to an overall regressive stage with increased erosional truncation of older sequences. Further, geochemical analysis using total organic carbon, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, and gas chromatography data from the lower Huron Member show that hydrocarbon generation likely occurred in eastern Ohio, northeastern Kentucky, and western West Virginia. Study results increase the area of lower Huron Member hydrocarbon generative potential relative to previous studies.
Brian Currie, PhD. (Advisor)
Michael Brudzinski, PhD. (Committee Member)
Mark Krekeler, PhD. (Committee Member)
75 p.
Energy; Geology; Sedimentary Geology
Ohio Shale; Lower Huron; Appalachian Basin; Devonian; Sequence Stratigraphy; Black Shale; Source Rock; Oil and Gas; Famennian

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  • Cullen, P. J. (2018). Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Upper Devonian Lower-Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, North-Central Appalachian Basin [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1528660802767656

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cullen, Patrick. Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Upper Devonian Lower-Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, North-Central Appalachian Basin. 2018. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1528660802767656.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cullen, Patrick. "Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Upper Devonian Lower-Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, North-Central Appalachian Basin." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1528660802767656

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