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Geology of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico Matthew Dixon Emil Johnson
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Is coal bearing bedrock formation Formerly known as the callop formation The Dalton Sandstone unit Non-Marine Unit Crevasse Canyon
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Late Jurassic 86.5 thickness Upper 15 meters Gryphea Layer Represents a Transgressive Deposit Transgressive deposits Oil and Gas producing Trapping Methods Unknown Dakota Sandstone
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Early Cretaceous Is the Bulk of Marine Deposits in the San Juan Basin Shale's have Fractured due to Stress 13,000,000 Mancos Shale
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Overlays the Mancos Cretaceous Aged Shows a Steep Regression “Regression Gallop” Unconformity Separates upper “Transgressive Gallop” Oil and Gas Producing’ 140,000,000 350,000,000 MCF (per thousand cubic feet” Gallop Sandstone
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Point Lookout Sandstone, Transgressive Cliff House, Menefee Formation Point lookout lamented sandstone; traces carboniferous shale's Cliff House Similar; more porous Also unknown trapping method for Oil and Gas Mesaverde Group
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Upwards Transitions from Fluvial sandstones to Shale's Coal Beds; lagoon environment Fossils (crocs and cretaceous turtles; Dinosaurs Menefee
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Highest Unit in Cretaceous Age; 75-70 million years Only 10-16 meters thick Not good oil producer; 55,000 Gas over 870,530.767 MCF Traps Lewis Shale Pictured Cliffs
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