Stratigraphic framework of the Devonian black shales of the Appalachian Basin

Roen, John B.; Witt, Wallace De

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“…Filer (2002) recognized 11 late Frasnian transgressive-regressive cycles in gamma-ray logs from the Appalachian Basin, including western New York and West Virginia (also see Roe, 1975;Roen and deWitt, 1984). We downloaded well logs from the Empire State Oil and Gas…”

Section: Subsurfacementioning

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Revised correlation of the Frasnian–Famennian boundary and Kellwasser Events (Upper Devonian) in shallow marine paleoenvironments of New York State

Bush

Csonka

DiRenzo

et al. 2015

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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The Frasnian-Famennian boundary (Upper Devonian) is exposed in a 200 km-long outcrop belt in New York State, with deeper paleoenvironments to the west and shallower ones to the east.Geochronology in the eastern end of the outcrop belt has been based primarily on lithostratigraphic correlation with western sections, which were dated using conodonts. We collected conodonts and brachiopods from several measured sections and numerous other localities, and these collections suggest that these east-west lithostratigraphic correlations require revision. We correlate the Wiscoy Formation with the upper Angola Formation and the Canaseraga with the upper Hanover. Thus, the Canaseraga Formation contains the FrasnianFamennian boundary and Upper Kellwasser Event, and the dark shale above the Wiscoy is equivalent to the Pipe Creek Formation and Lower Kellwasser Event. These new correlations imply that the Lower Kellwasser Event had greater impact on the shelly benthos of New York than the Upper Kellwasser, at least for the subset of taxa examined here. All strophomenid brachiopods and rugose corals were extirpated at the Lower Kellwasser, along with numerous other brachiopods. The final species of atrypid brachiopod persisted to the Upper Kellwasser.

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Section: Subsurfacementioning

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Revised correlation of the Frasnian–Famennian boundary and Kellwasser Events (Upper Devonian) in shallow marine paleoenvironments of New York State

Bush

Csonka

DiRenzo

et al. 2015

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…The younger sequence, which ranges in age from Middle Devonian to Early Mississippian, is extensive beneath the Appalachian Plateaus from New York to Alabama. The Devonian shale source-bed sequence includes many black shales from the Lower Devonian Mandata Formation to the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale (Roen and de Witt, 1984). Adjacent to its pinchout in southern Tennessee (Conant and Swanson, 1961, p. 21-42), the Devonian source-bed sequence consists of one or two beds of black shale in about 30 ft of the Upper Devonian Chattanooga Shale.…”

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Principal oil and gas plays in the Appalachian Basin (Province 131)

Witt¹

1993

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FIGURES 1,2. Maps showing: 1. The surface extent of the Appalachian basin 12 2. Locations of some structural features and places mentioned in the text 14 3. Generalized geologic map of the Appalachian basin 16 4. Penetration chart showing age and position of source beds, reservoir rocks, and principal oil and gas plays in the Appalachian basin 17 5. Schematic cross section athwart the Appalachian basin 110 6-13. Maps showing: 6. The structure on top of the autochthonous Precambrian basement complex under the Appalachian basin 111 7. Conodont color alteration index isograds in the Appalachian basin 112 8. The Upper Devonian sandstone play 117 9. The Lower Devonian Oriskany play 120 10. The Lower Silurian sandstone play 123 11. The Ordovician carbonate shelf play 127 12. The Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Knox carbonate shelf play 130 13. The Rome trough play 133TABLE 1. The relative stratigraphic position of rock units mentioned in the text 18 Contents III EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS-APPALACHIAN BASIN Principal Oil and Gas Plays in the Appalachian Basin (Province 131

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“…l), are restricted stratigraphically to a thin zone within the Upper Devonian black shale sequences of the eastern interior of North America and the Amazon Basin of Brazil. The usefulness of this fossil as a time-marker and an aid in biostratigraphic correlation has been clearly demonstrated (Roen 1981;Matthews 1983).…”

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Evidence of land plant affinity for the Devonian fossil Protosalvinia (Foerstia)

Romankiw

Hatcher

Roen

1988

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The Devonian plant fossil Protosalvinia (Foerstia) has been examined by solid‐state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and pyrolysis‐gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (PY‐GC‐MS). Results of these studies reveal that the chemical structure of Protosalvinia is remarkably similar to that of coalified wood. A well‐defined phenolic carbon peak in the NMR spectra and the appearance of phenol and alkylated phenols in pyrolysis products are clearly indicative of lignin‐like compounds. These data represent significant new information on the chemical nature of Protosalvinia and provide the first substantial organic geochemical evidence for land plant affinity. ▭ Protosalvinia, Foerstia, Upper Devonian, biostratigraphy, carbon‐13 NMR, PY‐GC‐MS, lignin.

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Stratigraphic framework of the Devonian black shales of the Appalachian Basin

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Revised correlation of the Frasnian–Famennian boundary and Kellwasser Events (Upper Devonian) in shallow marine paleoenvironments of New York State

Revised correlation of the Frasnian–Famennian boundary and Kellwasser Events (Upper Devonian) in shallow marine paleoenvironments of New York State

Principal oil and gas plays in the Appalachian Basin (Province 131)

Evidence of land plant affinity for the Devonian fossil Protosalvinia (Foerstia)

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