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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"central Appalachian basin"”.
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Thermal and Diagenetic Evolution of Carboniferous Sandstones, Central Appalachian Basin
… evolution of Carboniferous sandstones in the central Appalachian basin has been resolved using various techniques. Paleothermometers including vitrinite reflectance and fluid inclusions indicate that burial of Lower and Upper Pennsylvanian strata of the Appalachian Plateau in West Virginia …
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Integrated Experimental Characterization of the Lower Huron Shale in the Central Appalachian Basin
… potential of the Lower Huron shale in the central Appalachian Basin, matrix permeability, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used in this study. According to the experimental results, matrix permeability is relatively …
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Depositional Environments and Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper Mississippian Strata in the Central Appalachian Basin
… constitute a wedge of strata that filled the Appalachian basin over a ~7 million year time interval. Seventeen transgressive-regressive sequences comprise the study interval in the basin depocenter. Five sequence types defined by the degree of incision and the thickness/ character of dominant …
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Sedimentology and Regional Implications of Fluvial Quartzose Sandstones of the Lee Formation, Central Appalachian Basin
… subsequent flexure of the crust in the foreland basin caused a step-wise progression of the river system towards the west. Petrographic, sedimentologic and stratigraphic data indicate that source area and climate functioned as the primary controls on the mature composition of sandstones in the …
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The Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation in the Central Appalachian Basin: a Hierarchical Sequence Stratigraphic Record of a Greenhouse to Icehouse Transition
… actively rising tectonic highlands east of the Appalachian Basin. The Bluefield Formation conformably overlies shallow-marine carbonate units of the Greenbrier Group, and is unconformably overlain by incised fluvio-estuarine facies of the Stony Gap sandstone member (Hinton Formation). Outcrops …
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Carbon Dioxide Storage in Coal Seams with Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery: Geologic Evaluation, Capacity Assessment and Field Validation of the Central Appalachian Basin
… is the most significant natural gas reserve in central Appalachia and currently is economically produced in many fields in the Basin. This thesis documents research that assesses the capacity of coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to store carbon dioxide and verifies the assessment …
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A Data-Driven Approach for the Development of a Decision Making Framework for Geological CO2 Sequestration in Unmineable Coal Seams
… sequestration in unmineable coal seams, with the Central Appalachian Basin chosen for analysis due to the availability of empirical data generated through recent characterization and field validation studies. The studies were conducted in order to assess the sequestration capacity of coal seams in …
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Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of Early Pennsylvanian, Coal-bearing Strata of the Cumberland Block: A Case Study from Dickenson County, Virginia
… coal-bearing, siliciclastic strata of the central Appalachian foreland basin were deposited in continental to marginal marine environments influenced by high-amplitude relative sea level fluctuations. Sediment was derived from both the low-grade metamorphic terrain of the emergent …
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Architectural Models for Lower Pennsylvanian Strata in Dickenson/Wise County, Southwest Virginia: A Reservior Case Study
… belts in the northwestern region of the basin are braided-fluvial deposits and were sourced by the cratonic Archean Superior Province to the north. This orthogonal relationship between the southeastern coal-bearing siliciclastics and the northwestern quartzarenites reflect a …
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Marine offshore to alluvial plain transitions within the "Chemung"-Hampshire interval (Upper Devonian) of the southern central Appalachians
… and Hampshire Formations of the southern Central Appalachian basin constitute the upper strata of an eastward thickening wedge of elastic sediment. The sediments comprising the "Chemung" and Hampshire, deposited on a low-gradient marine shelf and alluvial plain, respectively, are syn- to …
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Aspects of Cyclic Sedimentation in the Upper Mississippian, Mauch Chunk Group, southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia
… strata up to 1000m thick that developed in the Central Appalachian Basin over a ~ 7 million year time interval. Included within the Mauch Chunk Group are multiple incised-valley fills and a distinctive prodeltaic succession of laminated sandstones and mudstones. Calculated estimates of drainage …
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Linkage Between Lower Pennsylvanian Sandstone Diagenesis and Carbon Sequestration Reservoir Quality in Russell County, Virginia
… a broad braided-fluvial drainage system in the central Appalachian Basin. The sandstone units within these sequences are laterally extensive, maintaining similar thickness and gamma ray signature across the study area. Lower Pennsylvanian sandstone units are consistently sublitharenite with a …
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Community persistence and the pattern of community variability over time: a test using fossil assemblages from four marine transgressions in the Breathitt Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) of Eastern Kentucky
… of a variety of marine habitats in the central Appalachian basin. These habitats included marginal marine, nearshore normal marine, nearshore stressed, offshore normal marine, and offshore dysaerobic environments. Fossil collections were made and species abundance distributions were …
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The Lower Pennsylvanian New River Formation: a Nonmarine Record of Glacioeustasy in a Foreland Basin
… siliciclastic sedimentary rocks of the central Appalachian Basin consist predominantly of nonmarine, coal-bearing facies that developed within a fluvio-estuarine, trunk-tributary drainage system in a foreland-basin setting. Sheet-like, sandstone-mudstone bodies (up to 100 km wide and 70 …
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Regional stratigraphic framework of the Tuscarora Sandstone: A model for geologic CO2 storage in West Virginia
… policies for carbon management. Within the central Appalachian basin the Lower Silurian Tuscarora Sandstone, a gas producing anticlinal play, has been identified as a potential CO2 storage target. The Tuscarora extends from New York to Tennessee and is dominantly a white to light-gray, …
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Stratigraphic Architecture and Paleogeography of the Juniata Formation, Central Appalachians
Late Ordovician (Cincinnatian) strata of the central Appalachians provide an opportunity to study the effects of both tectonics and eustasy within a foreland-basin setting. The Juniata Formation consists of red sandstones, siltstones, and shales that were deposited as part of an extensive …