Basins having Pennsylvanian - Lower
Permian Source Rocks
Basin or Province |
Structural form | Source Rock | Dominant Kerogen type | Main Reservoirs | Principal Maturation Stage | Reference |
Anadarko, Permian |
Foredeep (SE) , rift (NW) |
Penn-Guadalup basinal facies, marine sh |
II |
Penn-Perm ss & carb |
Late Perm-M Cret |
Adler, 1971; Hartman & Woodard, 1971; Jones & Smith, 1965; Campbell et al., 1988 |
Southern North Sea |
Foredeep |
Westaphalian coal meas |
III |
Rotliegende (Lower Perm) ss |
Tr-M Jur |
Ziegler, 1980 |
North Caspian |
Circular sag |
Carbonif-Lower Perm basinal facies, marine sh & carbnte |
II |
Carbonif-Lower Perm carb |
Late Perm-Tr |
Fomkin, 1985; Krylov & Nekhrikova, 1987 |
Bighorn, Powder River, Wind River, Uinta, Piceance |
Linear sag |
phosphatic sh of Phosphoria fm, marine sh |
II |
Penn-Perm ss |
Late Cret-Early Tert |
Claypool et al., 1978; Stauffer, 1971; Cannon, 1971; Peterson & Smith, 1986 |
Vilyuy |
Circular sag |
Perm continental clastics |
III, coal |
Perm-Cret ss |
Jur-Early Cret |
Cherskiy, 1986 |
Sichuan |
Platform |
Yangxin fm, argill lmst |
II |
Perm-Lower Tr carb |
M Cret |
Huang, 1984; Wang et al., 1983, Li Xuehui & Li Tiesheng, 1984 |
Cooper |
Rift |
Gidgealpa Gr (Perm); coal meas |
III, coal |
Perm ss |
M Cret |
Kantsler et al., 1984 |