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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  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
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  • carbonate
  • chlorite
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  • geochemistry
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  • haynesville-formation
  • hi
  • hosston-formation
  • hydrocarbons
  • hydrogen-enrichment-index
  • illite
  • james-limestone
  • jurassic
  • kaolinite
  • kerogen
  • loi
  • loss-on-ignition
  • louisiana
  • mesozoic
  • mineralogy
  • miocene
  • mississippi
  • mississippi-canyon
  • national
  • north-america
  • oi
  • organic-content
  • outer-continental-shelf
  • oxygen-enrichment-index
  • paleocene
  • paluxy-formation
  • pi
  • pine-island-shale
  • production-index
  • pyrite
  • pyrolysis
  • quartz
  • ro
  • rock-eval
  • rodessa-formation
  • s1
  • s2
  • s3
  • sligo-formation
  • smackover-formation
  • smectite
  • thermal-maturity
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notes 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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title Petroleum geology data from Mesozoic rock samples in the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast collected 2011 to 2017