ABSTRACT: Cretaceous Structural and Stratigraphic Fabric, Green River Basin, Wyoming

DOEGLER, MARK J., JAMES A. BARLOW, JR., and DONNA M. MULLEN, Barlow & Haun, Inc., Casper, WY

Subsurface mapping of genetically related, time-bracketed depositional sequences in Cretaceous rocks is a tool used to (1) identify previously unmapped structural elements within the Green River basin, (2) map the structural evolution of the basin, and (3) relate the imprint of the structural fabric on the stratigraphic architecture and depositional patterns in economically important Cretaceous reservoir rocks. These same concepts have been successfully applied as a predictive tool for hydrocarbon occurrence and exploration in the more maturely developed Powder River basin, Wyoming, and have important application in the development of underexplored areas lying off the crest of the extensively drilled present-day Moxa arch and Rock Springs uplift within the Green River basin.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #91017©1992 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Casper, Wyoming, September 13-16, 1992 (2009)