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Basins having Upper Devonian-Tournaisian source rocks

Basin or Province

Structural Form Source Rock Dominant Kerogen Type Main Reservoirs Principal Maturation Stage Reference

Volga-Ural, Timan-Pechora, North Caspian

Platform

Domanik fm & facies equiv; marine sh & carbnte

II

M Dev ss, Lower Carbonif ss, U. Dev-M Carbon carb

Late Perm-Tr

Zhuse et al., 1975; Ashirov et al., 1981; Ulmishek, 1982, 1988

Alberta

Platform

Duvernay, Ireton, and Exshaw fm; marine sh

II

U Dev carb

M Cret-Late Tert

Parsons, 1973; Porter et al., 1982

Anadarko, Permian

Platform

Woodford sh; marine sh

II

Sil-Dev carb

Penn-Early Perm

Landes, 1970; Hill, 1971; Campbell et al., 1988; Jones & Smith, 1965

Appalachian

Platform

Chattanooga sh; marine sh

II

Dev ss

Penn-Early Perm

Landes, 1970; Ray, 1971

Williston, Michigan, Illinois

Circular sag

New Albany sh, Antrim sh, Bakken fm

II

Dev-Penn ss & carb

Late Cret-Early Tert?

North, 1985; Barrows & Cluff, 1984; Meissner, 1984

Pripyat, Dnieper-Donets

Rift

U Dev-Tournaisian marine sh & carbnte

II

U Dev carb (Paripyat), Carbonif-Lower Perm clastics (Dnieper-Donets)

Penn-Early Perm

Chaykovskaya & Volik, 1986; Il'inskaya & Kulayeva, 1979

Illizi

Platform

U & M Dev marine sh

II

Dev-Carbonif ss

M Cret

Tissot, 1984a; Aliyev et al., 1979