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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