Basins having Middle Cretaceous source rocks
Basin or Province | Structural Form | Source Rock | Dominant Kerogen Type | Main Reservoirs | Principal Maturation Stage | Reference |
Arabian-Iranian |
Linear sag |
Kazhdumi fm, marine sh & lmst |
II |
Asmari lmst (Miocene)?; Bergen delta (Early-M Cret) |
M-Late Tert |
Hull & Warman, 1970; James & Wynd, 1965; Dunnington, 1958, 1967; Ala et al., 1980; Murris, 1980; Koop & Stoneley, 1982 |
Maracaibo |
Linear sag |
La Luna fm, marine sh & lmst |
II |
Eocene-Miocene ss |
Late Tert |
Zambrano et al., 1972; Braser & White, 1984 |
East Venezuela, Middle Magdalena, Llanos Oriente |
Linear sag |
Querecual & La Luna fm, marine sh & lmst |
II |
Eocene-Miocene ss |
Late Tert |
Hedberg, 1950; Krause, 1988; McCollough & Padfield, 1985; Zumberge, 1984 |
Alberta, Overthrust, Green River |
Foredeep |
Mannville fm, marine sh & equiv |
III |
Cret ss |
Late Tert |
Parsons, 1973; Moshier & Waples, 1985 |
Gulf Coast |
Circular sag |
Marine sh |
II |
Cret carb & ss |
Late Tert |
Rainwater, 1971; Holcomb, 1971 |
Amu Darya, North Caucasus, Crimea |
Linear sag |
Aptian-Albian marine sh |
II |
Cret ss |
Late Tert |
Arkhipov et al., 1979; Mirzoyev & Dzhaparidze, 1979; Shestopal, 1979; Maksimov et al., 1987 |
South Atlantic basins |
Rift/linear sag |
U Neocomian-Aptian lacustrine & marine sh; Turonian marine sh |
I, II |
Cret ss & carb; Tert ss |
Late Cret-Early Tert |
Ponte et al., 1980; Clifford, 1986; Lehner & DeRuiter, 1977 |
West Siberia (northern) |
Circular sag |
Pokur fm (Albian-Cenomanian), continental clastics |
III, coal |
Albian-Cenomanian ss |
Immature |
Nesterov et al., 1978; Rice & Claypool, 1981; Kortsenshteyn, 1970; Grace & Hart, 1986 |
North Slope |
Foredeep |
HRZ sh, Hue sh, marine sh |
III |
Cret ss |
Late Cret-Early Tert |
Carman & Hardwick, 1983; Molenaar et al., 1987; Bird & Magoon, 1987 |
Songliao |
Linear sag |
Qingshankou & Nenjiang fm, deep lacustrine sh |
I |
Cret deltaic ss |
Late Cret-Early Tert |
Yang et al., 1985; Zhou, 1985; Yang, 1985 |