Spatial Extent of Data
USGS Data Source
USGS Thesaurus Keywords
vitrinite reflectance,
Carbonate,
Feldspar,
OI,
hydrocarbons,
Kaolinite,
S2,
Hydrogen Enrichment Index,
Pyrite,
mineralogy,
Chlorite,
Transformation Ratio,
Tmax,
kerogen,
Smectite,
thermal maturity,
Illite,
Oxygen Enrichment Index,
Loss on Ignition,
Rock-Eval,
Quartz,
TOC,
Total Organic Carbon,
organic content,
S1,
LOI,
Ro,
pyrolysis,
PI,
geochemistry,
S3,
HI,
Production Index,
Total Hydrocarbon Generation Potential
Petroleum geology data from Cenozoic rock samples in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast collected 2014 to 2016
The U.S. Geological Survey assessed undiscovered petroleum resources in the downdip Paleogene formations of the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2018. During the assessment new data and information were collected to evaluate thermal maturity, source rock character, and unconventional reservoir rock prospectivity for the Cenozoic-aged section in south Louisiana. Samples were analyzed using multiple analytical approaches, including programmed pyrolysis (Rock-Eval), Leco TOC, organic petrographic analysis including vitrinite reflectance (Ro, %), and X-ray diffraction mineralogy.
| Author(s) |
Brett J Valentine  ,
Ciel Elizalde,
Catherine B. Enomoto ,
Paul C Hackley ,
Frank T Dulong ,
Celeste D Lohr
|
| Publication Date | 2018-11-13 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 2014 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2016 |
| Data Contact | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KWH1NB |
| Citation | Valentine, B.J., Elizalde, C., Enomoto, C.B., Hackley, P.C., Dulong, F.T., and Lohr, C.D., 2018, Petroleum geology data from Cenozoic rock samples in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast collected 2014 to 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KWH1NB. |
| Metadata Contact | |
| Metadata Date | 2020-08-19 |
| Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
| Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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