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THE DEVONIAN WOODFORD FORMATION: SOURCE AND RESERVOIR?
PBGSP Stephen C. Ruppel Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT
WOODFORD STRATIGRAPHY SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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MIDDLE DEVONIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
WESTERN HEMISPHERE Panthalassia Ocean LAURUSSIA PaleoTethys Ocean Permian Basin Rheic Ocean GONDWANA Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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WOODFORD SUBCROP SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT 400 ft
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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WOODFORD DEPTH SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT -10,000 ft -15,000 ft
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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LOG EXPRESSION Permian Basin Barnett Miss. LS Very High Gamma Ray
Low Resistivity * Woodford Thirtyone Ector Co., TX Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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WOODFORD FACIES Mudstones Laminated & Burrowed Miss. LS Woodford
Fasken Chaves Co., NM Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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WOODFORD FACIES Siltstones Graded Bedding Rippled
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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STRATIGRAPHY & FACIES Black Mudstone Facies Gray Siltstone Facies
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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STRATIGRAPHY & FACIES Black Mudstone Facies Gray Siltstone Facies
Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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WOODFORD PALEOGEOGRAPHY
SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT Craton-derived Clastic Input: along NW Margin Hemipelagic Muds Deep Basin Upwelling (silica) along SW Margin Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC)
WOODFORD TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC) Cores & Outcrops From Comer (1991) Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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KEY ISSUES: WOODFORD Depth Thickness TOC Ro Facies Fractures
Super and Subjacent Strata Log Characterization Stephen C. Ruppel, Bureau of Economic Geology, PBGSP Annual Meeting, 2/27-28/06, Austin, TX
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