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        <title>Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale</title>
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            <origin>Justin E. Birdwell</origin>
            <origin>Ryan McAleer</origin>
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            <title>Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance in source-rock reservoirs </title>
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            <othercit>Paul C. Hackley, Justin E. Birdwell, Ryan McAleer, Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance in source-rock reservoirs, Applied Geochemistry, Volume 185, 2025, 106365, ISSN 0883-2927, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106365.	</othercit>
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      <abstract>Solid bitumen is widely used as a thermal proxy in source-rock reservoirs, yet its texture and presentation may be affected by varying environmental constraints during its formation, e.g., water concentration, mineral catalysis, or salinity. Herein we investigated the development of solid bitumen properties during artificial maturation using three diverse (lacustrine to marine) oil shale samples containing abundant H-rich sedimentary organic matter (bituminite). Bituminite in the oil shales was treated via pyrolysis (320°C, 72 hrs) using hydrous, anhydrous, and brine conditions, causing the development of a newly formed solid bitumen in the experiment residues. The properties of the newly formed solid bitumen then were evaluated via geochemical screening tests, optical and electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. Experimental residues also were treated via solvent extraction, allowing characterization of the effects of extraction to solid bitumen. Data from the experiments are provided here in 5 tables. Table 1 contains extract and fractionation data for untreated samples. Table 2 contains gas chromatography ratios. Table 3 contains reflectance and geochemical screening data. Table 4 contains gas yields for each sample under the various conditions. Table 5 contains Micro-Fourier transform infrared (micro-FTIR) data. For analysis findings, interpretations, and results, refer to the accompanying larger work publication, "Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale: implications for solid bitumen reflectance in source-rock reservoirs".</abstract>
      <purpose>The purpose of this dataset is to make publicly available data accompanying the manuscript titled "Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale: implications for solid bitumen reflectance in source-rock reservoirs." It comprises five tables detailing the experimental results related to the formation and properties of solid bitumen under different pyrolysis conditions.</purpose>
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        <themekey>thermal maturation</themekey>
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        <themekt>None - Free Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>solid bitumen reflectance</themekey>
        <themekey>pyrolysis</themekey>
        <themekey>aromatization</themekey>
        <themekey>petroleum generation</themekey>
        <themekey>solvent extraction</themekey>
        <themekey>source-rock reservoir</themekey>
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        <placekey>England</placekey>
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          <cntper>Paul C. Hackley</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Northeast Region</cntorg>
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        <cntpos>Research Geologist</cntpos>
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          <address>Mail Stop 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr</address>
          <city>Reston</city>
          <state>VA</state>
          <postal>20192</postal>
          <country>US</country>
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        <cntvoice>703-648-6458</cntvoice>
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U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston VA 20192, USA</datacred>
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    <logic>Internal laboratory standards and procedural duplicates were employed for screening analyses according to the instrument manuals. Users are advised to read the metadata record carefully for additional details. Detailed process steps are provided for further information on methodology.</logic>
    <complete>Samples were collected from the Salt Range Formation in Pakistan, Kimmeridge Formation in England, and Green River Formation in western Colorado, USA. Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Not all samples were tested by all methods. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.</complete>
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Volume 05.06</othercit>
            <onlink>https://www.astm.org/astm-bos-05.06.html</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>Digital and/or Hardcopy</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>2023</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>ASTM, 2023</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Reflectance analyses</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Roger W. Marzi</origin>
            <origin>B. E. Torkelson</origin>
            <origin>R. K. Olson</origin>
            <pubdate>1993</pubdate>
            <title>Note - A revised carbon preference index</title>
            <geoform>publication</geoform>
            <othercit>Organic Chemistry
Volume10, Issue 8</othercit>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(93)90016-5</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>Digital and/or Hardcopy</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>1993</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>Marzi et al., 1993</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Carbon preference index formula</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>H. H. Ganz</origin>
            <origin>Wolfgang D. Kalkreuth</origin>
            <pubdate>1987</pubdate>
            <title>Application of infrared spectroscopy to the classification of kerogen types and the evaluation of source rock and oil shale potentials</title>
            <geoform>publication</geoform>
            <othercit>Fuel
Volume 66, Issue 5</othercit>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-2361(87)90285-7</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>Digital and/or Hardcopy</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>1987</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>Ganz and Kalkreuth, 1987</srccitea>
        <srccontr>A-Factor calculation</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Sample collection:
Three immature, organic-rich oil shale samples were selected for pyrolysis experiments, during which they produce a newly formed solid bitumen from indigenous H-rich amorphous sedimentary organic matter. The samples, representing a range from lacustrine to marine environments, included: 1. Eocene Green River Formation Mahogany Zone (Hackley et al., 2022a), 2. Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Hackley et al., 2022b), and 3. Neoproterozoic–Lower Cambrian Salt Range Formation (Hackley et al., 2024a). The following process steps outline the pyrolysis experiments, as well as the subsequent extraction and fractionation, gas chromatography, petrographic analyses, and geochemical screening.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2022a</srcused>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2022b</srcused>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2024a</srcused>
        <procdate>2024</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Pyrolysis experiments:
Homogeneous 4- or 8- mesh sample splits were used for pyrolysis experiments in closed system batch reactors made from Swagelok reactor components following methods previously described (Hackley and Lewan, 2018). Pyrolysis experiments were conducted at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston (USGS-Reston). The Swagelok reactor system approach does not allow a full mass-balance documentation for pyrolysis experiments (gas is vented,          liquid effluent is not typically collected), but it is rapid and efficient for the evaluation of experimental changes induced in the spent rock pyrolyzate. Hydrous experiments were conducted using distilled water whereas no water was added to the reactor for anhydrous experiments (Hackley, 2022a). A third set of experiments used a synthetic brine in place of water. Experiments with the Salt Range Formation sample used synthetic brine with total dissolved solids (TDS) of ~35.8 g/L consisting of 21.7 g/L Cl, 1.1 g/L SO4, 1.5 g/L Ca, 0.5 g/L K, 1.2 g/L Mg, and 9.8 g/L Na as determined via inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy and ion chromatography following standard methods. Experiments with the Green River Formation Mahogany zone and Kimmeridge Clay Formation used synthetic brine with TDS of ~33.1 g/L consisting of 19.6 g/L Cl, 1.4 g/L SO4, 1.1 g/L Ca, 0.5 g/L K, 0.8 g/L Mg, and 9.8 g/L Na. All pyrolysis experiments were for 72-hr duration at 320°C.

Rock residues were rinsed with acetone to remove external tarry bitumens and dried in a vacuum oven prior to crushing to ~18 mesh (1 mm) for petrographic analyses or grinding to fine powder with a mortar and pestle for geochemical screening. See additional process steps for further information.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2022a</srcused>
        <srcused>Hackley and Lewan, 2018</srcused>
        <procdate>2024</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Extraction and gas chromatography:
The untreated Kimmeridge and Green River samples were quantitatively extracted by standard Soxhlet methods and fractionated via column chromatography (Lowry, 2020a) at the USGS Petroleum Geochemistry Research Laboratory in Lakewood, Colorado (USGS-Lakewood). The untreated Salt Range Formation sample was extracted and fractionated at GeoMark Research, Ltd., also using Soxhlet and column chromatography. Following pyrolysis experiments, the ~18-mesh splits of the experimental residues were non-quantitatively extracted at USGS-Lakewood, using a chloroform rinse procedure via vortex and centrifuge (Hackley et al., 2024b). Bitumen was extracted by adding ~6 mL of chloroform to 0.5–1.0 g of crushed rock, vortexing, centrifuging for ~5 min, and decanting the supernatant. This rinsing procedure was repeated at least 3 times until the extract was clear. The atypical ~18-mesh split size used for extraction was to permit post-extraction petrographic analyses on the extracted residues. Extracts from pyrolysis residues were not fractionated.

Chromatograms on the saturate fraction of the Green River sample and the whole extracts from all experimental residues and for the untreated Kimmeridge sample were determined using an Agilent 6890 or 8890 gas chromatograph with parameters described by Lowry (2020b) at USGS-Lakewood. The temperature program started at 40°C and increased at 4.5°C/min to 325°C where it was held for 20 minutes. The helium carrier gas flow rate was 2.5 mL/min and injection volume was 1 µL using a splitless injection mode with injection temperature 325°C. A chromatogram for the whole extract from the Salt Range Formation sample was determined at GeoMark Research, Ltd. using methods previously described (Hackley et al., 2021).</procdesc>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2024b</srcused>
        <srcused>Lowry, 2020a</srcused>
        <srcused>Lowry, 2020b</srcused>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2021</srcused>
        <procdate>2024</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Petrographic analyses - optical microscopy, reflectance analyses and Micro-Fourier transform infrared (micro-FTIR) spectroscopy:
Polished petrographic mounts for all samples were prepared to a final polish of 0.05 µm according to ASTM D2797 (ASTM, 2021) using a poly (methyl methacrylate) mounting medium at USGS-Reston. A Leica DM 4000 optical microscope equipped with LED illumination and monochrome camera detection was used to image the samples under oil immersion in white and blue incident light. The computer program DISKUS-FOSSIL by Hilgers Technisches Buero was used to perform reflectance analyses following ASTM D7708 (ASTM, 2023) with a yttrium-aluminum-garnet calibration standard (0.908% Ro).

Micro-Fourier transform infrared (micro-FTIR) spectroscopy was performed on the polished sample mounts at USGS-Reston using a Bruker Hyperion 3000 FTIR microscope equipped with a liquid-N2 cooled mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) detector. The background was acquired on laboratory atmosphere using a 20× Ge attenuated total reflectance (Ge-ATR) objective with 0.6 numerical aperture (Hackley et al., 2020). Spectra were acquired from 600–6000 cm-1 with 100 co-added scans at a spectral resolution of 4 cm-1. Five to seven organic-rich rock fragments were measured for each sample and fit in the C-H stretching region (~2600–3200 cm-1) using five or six Lorentzian peaks and a cubic or linear baseline dependent on the sample. The organic-rich nature of the samples enabled untargeted micro-FTIR analysis with the Ge-ATR objective, i.e., data collection was from indigenous H-rich amorphous sedimentary organic matter in the untreated samples and from its solid bitumen thermal conversion product in the pyrolysis residues. No fitting parameters were fixed during any spectral deconvolution step. Deconvoluted peak intensities were used to calculate CH3/CH2 branching ratio (Painter et al., 1981) for all spectra and A-factor (Lis et al., 2005) for select spectra as permitted by fitting. Spectral parameters were averaged for each sample.</procdesc>
        <srcused>ASTM, 2021</srcused>
        <srcused>Hackley et al., 2020</srcused>
        <srcused>ASTM, 2023</srcused>
        <srcused>Painter et al., 1981</srcused>
        <srcused>Lis et al., 2005</srcused>
        <procdate>2024</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Geochemical screening:
All samples were analyzed for total organic carbon (TOC) content at USGS-Lakewood using a LECO C744 carbon analyzer following carbonate removal at room temperature with 6 mol/L HCl (Oliver and Warden, 2020). A Wildcat Technologies Hydrocarbon Analyzer with Kinetics (HAWK; Humble, TX) instrument was used for programmed temperature pyrolysis analysis of all samples following typical procedures (Dreier and Warden, 2021). Internal laboratory standards and procedural duplicates were employed for screening analyses according to the instrument manuals.

Not all samples were tested by all methods.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Dreier and Warden, 2021</srcused>
        <srcused>Oliver and Warden, 2020</srcused>
        <procdate>2024</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>Table 1 Extract and Fractionation.csv</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sample ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Sample identifier</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>A descriptive sample identifier that includes the sample origin, an alpha-numeric indentifier, and "untreated" indicating the sample was analyzed untreated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ERP ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Energy Resources Program identification number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Identification number assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources Program</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>EOM</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Extractable organic matter</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>22642</rdommin>
            <rdommax>40405</rdommax>
            <attrunit>parts per million</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sat</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Saturated hydrocarbons as a normalized percentage of the whole extract</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>4.7</rdommin>
            <rdommax>18.3</rdommax>
            <attrunit>percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Arom</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Aromatic hydrocarbons as a normalized percentage of the whole extract</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>13.6</rdommin>
            <rdommax>27.4</rdommax>
            <attrunit>percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NSO</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Resins content in %</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>17.9</rdommin>
            <rdommax>42.4</rdommax>
            <attrunit>percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Asph</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Asphaltenes content in %</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>11.9</rdommin>
            <rdommax>63.6</rdommax>
            <attrunit>percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sat/Arom</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Ratio of saturated hydrocarbons to aromatic hydrocarbons</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.34</rdommin>
            <rdommax>0.86</rdommax>
            <attrunit>ratio</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>Table 2 Gas Chromatography.csv</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sample ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Sample identifier</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>A descriptive sample identifier that includes the following: For samples that were untreated, the Sample ID includes the sample origin, an alpha-numeric identifier, and "untreated" indicating the sample was analyzed untreated. For samples that were extracted, the Sample ID includes "ext" indicating extract, an alpha-numeric identifier, and the extraction treatment conditions (temperature, duration, and whether extraction was hydrous, anhydrous or brine).</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ERP ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Energy Resources Program identification number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Identification number assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources Program</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Pr/Ph</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Ratio of pristane to phytane; ratios are on whole extracts for all samples except sample APM, untreated, where data are from the saturate fraction. All ratios based on peak heights.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.37</rdommin>
            <rdommax>1.71</rdommax>
            <attrunit>ratio</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Pr/n-C17</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Isoprenoid ratio - pristane to 17C normal alkane; ratios are on whole extracts for all samples except untreated APM and untreated KC-1, where data are from the saturate fraction. All ratios based on peak heights.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.44</rdommin>
            <rdommax>2.63</rdommax>
            <attrunit>ratio</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Ph/n-C18</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Isoprenoid ratio - phytane to 18C normal alkane; ratios are on whole extracts for all samples except untreated APM and untreated KC-1, where data are from the saturate fraction. All ratios based on peak heights.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.26</rdommin>
            <rdommax>18.87</rdommax>
            <attrunit>ratio</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>CPI</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Carbon preference index using n-C23 to n-C29 (Marzi et al., 1993); an asterisk (*) indicates the use of n-C25 to n-C34 (Bray and Evans, 1961). The Bray and Evans (1961) formula ratio is noted as CPI02 in the USGS Energy Database; the Marzi et al. (1993) formula is noted as CPI04 in the USGS Energy Database. Ratios are on whole extracts for all samples except untreated APM and untreated KC-1, where data are from the saturate fraction. All ratios based on peak heights.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>1.10</rdommin>
            <rdommax>2.78</rdommax>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>TAR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Terrestrial aquatic ratio [Bourbonniere and Meyers, 1996: (n-C27+n-C29+n-C31)/(n-C15+n-C17+n-C19)] ; an asterisk (*) indicates the use of n-C27/n-C17; ratios are on whole extracts for all samples except untreated APM and untreated KC-1, where data are from the saturate fraction. All ratios based on peak heights.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.09</rdommin>
            <rdommax>2.39</rdommax>
            <attrunit>ratio</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>Table 3 Reflectance and Geochemical.csv</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sample ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Sample identifier</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>A descriptive sample identifier that includes the following: For samples that were untreated, the Sample Id includes the sample origin, an alpha-numeric identifier, and "untreated" indicating the sample was analyzed untreated. For samples that were extracted, the Sample ID includes "ext" indicating extract, the alpha-numeric identifier, and the extraction treatment conditions (temperature, duration, and whether extraction was hydrous, anhydrous or brine).</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ERP ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Energy Resources Program identification number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Identification number assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources Program</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>BRo</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Reflectance values of amorphous organic matter (in untreated samples) and solid bitumen thermal conversion product in the pyrolysis residues</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.06</rdommin>
            <rdommax>0.91</rdommax>
            <attrunit>percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>s.d.</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Standard deviation of BRo</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.01</rdommin>
            <rdommax>0.1</rdommax>
            <attrunit>standard deviation</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>no.</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Number of BRo measurements</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>30</rdommin>
            <rdommax>65</rdommax>
            <attrunit>count</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>TOC</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Total organic carbon in wt %</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>7.6</rdommin>
            <rdommax>46.39</rdommax>
            <attrunit>weight percent</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>S1</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Thermal distillate in milligrams hydrocarbon per gram rock</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.23</rdommin>
            <rdommax>77.93</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams hydrocarbon per gram rock</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>S2</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Pyrolyzate in milligrams hydrocarbon per gram rock</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>47.58</rdommin>
            <rdommax>330.04</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams hydrocarbon per gram rock</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>S3</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>CO2 peak in milligrams CO2 per gram rock</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.47</rdommin>
            <rdommax>3.72</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams carbon dioxide per gram rock</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Tmax</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Temperature of S2 peak in °C</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>409</rdommin>
            <rdommax>447</rdommax>
            <attrunit>degrees Celsius</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>HI</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Hydrogen index, as defined by the equation S2/TOC*100 in milligrams hydrocarbon per gram TOC</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>222</rdommin>
            <rdommax>924</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams hydrocarbon per gram TOC</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OI</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Oxygen index, as defined by the equation S3/TOC*100 in milligrams CO2 per gram TOC</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>1</rdommin>
            <rdommax>13</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams carbon dioxide per gram TOC</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PI</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Production index as defined by the equation S1/(S1+S2)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.0</rdommin>
            <rdommax>0.29</rdommax>
            <attrunit>unitless</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>Table 4 Gas Yields.csv</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Sample ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Sample identifier</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>A descriptive sample identifier that includes the following: For samples that were untreated, the Sample ID includes the sample origin, an alpha-numeric identifier, and "untreated" indicating the sample was analyzed untreated. For samples that were extracted, the Sample ID includes "ext" indicating extract, the alpha-numeric identifier, and the extraction treatment conditions (temperature, duration, and whether extraction was hydrous, anhydrous or brine).</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ERP ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Energy Resources Proogram identification number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Identification number assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources Program</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Rock (g)</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Rock content of sample in grams</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>2.84</rdommin>
            <rdommax>4.63</rdommax>
            <attrunit>grams</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Gas (g)</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Gas content of sample in grams</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>0.03</rdommin>
            <rdommax>0.37</rdommax>
            <attrunit>grams</attrunit>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Gas Yield (mg/g)</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Gas yield of sample in milligrams per gram of rock</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>10.56</rdommin>
            <rdommax>87.89</rdommax>
            <attrunit>milligrams per grams</attrunit>
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