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Oxygen Enrichment Index, S2, geochemistry, kerogen, Quartz, TOC, Illite, HI, hydrocarbons, mineralogy, S3, thermal maturity, Hydrogen Enrichment Index, OI, Transformation Ratio, Production Index, organic content, LOI, Chlorite, Loss on Ignition, PI, S1, Total Organic Carbon, Smectite, Carbonate, Rock-Eval, Feldspar, Tmax, Kaolinite, vitrinite reflectance, Pyrite, Total Hydrocarbon Generation Potential, pyrolysis, Ro

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Mississippi Canyon, Outer Continental Shelf, Mississippi, Gulf Coast Basin, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana

Petroleum geology data from Mesozoic rock samples in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast collected 2011 to 2017

This data release contains Rock-Eval pyrolysis, organic petrographic (reflectance), and X-ray diffraction mineralogy data for subsurface Mesozoic rock samples from the eastern onshore Gulf Coast Basin (primarily Mississippi and Louisiana). Samples were analyzed in support of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessment of undiscovered petroleum resources in the Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa marine shale and evaluation of shale gas prospectivity in the Aptian section of the Mississippi Salt Basin.

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Author(s) Catherine B. Enomoto orcid, Celeste D Lohr orcid, Paul C Hackley orcid, Brett J Valentine orcid, Frank T Dulong orcid, Javin J Hatcherian orcid
Publication Date 2018-05-02
Beginning Date of Data 1993-02-01
Ending Date of Data 2017-11-30
Data Contact
Catherine B. Enomoto
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7B27TJ5
Citation Enomoto, C.B., Lohr, C.D., Hackley, P.C., Valentine, B.J., Dulong, F.T., and Hatcherian, J.J., 2018, Petroleum geology data from Mesozoic rock samples in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast collected 2011 to 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7B27TJ5.
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Eric A. Morrissey
Metadata Date 2020-08-19
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Harvest Date: 2021-11-19T04:42:53.907Z