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Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• STEVE HADAWAY – CONSULTANT
• BOB NORTHCUTT – CONSULTANT
• LAMAMCO DRILLING
• CHAPARRAL ENERGY
• WICKLUND PETROLEUM
• SHANE MATSON – SPYGLASS ENERGY
• OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
– DR. RANDY KELLER
– RICK ANDREWS
– NEIL SUNESON
– MICHELLE SUMMERS
• DEAN GRILLOT - OU
• D. W. HILCHIE - CONSULTANT
SPEAKERS
RECOGNITION
KURT MARFURT – OU, CODY KNEPPER – NUTECH, GREG FLOURNOY – SCHLUMBERGER,
CARL VANDERVOORT – ORION EXPLORATION, WALT MANGER – SOUTHWESTERN
ENERGY CORPORATION
SAL MAZZULLO – WSU, BRIAN WILHITE – WOOLSEY OPR CO., DARWIN BOARDMAN – OSU
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List of Papers
• An introduction to chert reservoirs of North America, Rogers, J.P., Longman, M.W., 2001, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, no. 1 (January 2001) pp. 1-5
• Characterization of the Mississippian chat in south-central Kansas, Watney, L.W., Willard, J.G., and Byrnes, A.P.,
2001, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, no. 1 (January 2001) pp. 85-113
• Deposition and diagenesis of Mississippian chat reservoirs, north-central Oklahoma, Rogers, S.M., 2001,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, no. 1 (January 2001) pp. 115-129
• Hydrocarbon Accumulation in “Meramec-Osage” (Mississippian) Rocks, Sooner Trend, Northwest-Central
Oklahoma, Harris, S.A. 1975, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 59, no. 4 (April 1975) pp.
633-664
• Mississippian Continental Margins of the Conterminous United States, Gutschick, R.C., Sandberg, C.A., 1983,
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication No 33, p 79-96 (June 1983)
• Lithostratigraphic Architecture Of the Mississippian Reeds Spring Formation (Middle Osagean) In Southwest
Missouri, Northwest Arkansas, and Northeast Oklahoma Outcrop Analog of Subsurface Petroleum Reservoirs,
Mazzullo, S.J., Wilhite, B., and Boardman, D.R., II, 2011, Shale Shaker, Volume 61 No. 5, March/April 2011, pp.
254-269
• The Origin and Age of the Mississippian “Chat” In North-Central Oklahoma, Mikkelson, D.H., 1966, Shale Shaker
Digest V, Volumes XV-XVII (1964-1967)
• Petroleum reservoirs within a spiculite-dominated depositional sequence: Cowley Formation (Mississippian: Lower
Carboniferous), south-central Kansas, Mazzullo, S.J., Wilhite, B.W., and Woolsey, I.W., American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 93, no. 12 (December 2009) pp. 1649-1689
• Pre-Chester Mississippian Rocks of Northwestern Oklahoma, Hoffman, E.A., Jr., Shale Shaker Digest IV,
Volumes XII-XIV (1961-1964)
Definition of Stratigraphy
• That branch of geology which treats of the
formation (deposition), composition,
sequence, and correlation of the stratified
rocks as parts of the earth’s crust.
Glossary of Geology,
1966
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Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
Gutschick and Sandberg, 1983, fig 5, Reprinted by Permission of
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
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Gutschick and Sandberg, 1983,
fig 7, Reprinted by Permission of
Society of Economic
Paleontologists and
Mineralogists
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Maples, 1994, Reprinted by permission of
Kansas Geological Survey
Geologic Column #2
Mazzullo, Wilhite, and Woolsey, 2009, Fig 2,
Reprinted by Permission of American
Association of Petroleum Geologists
Geologic Column #3
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MIS
SIS
SIP
PIA
N
KIN
DE
RH
OO
KIA
NO
SA
GE
AN
ME
RA
ME
CIA
N
PE
NN
“CHAT”CH
ER
OK
EE
CH
ES
TE
RIA
ND
ES
MO
INE
SIA
N
KINDERHOOKSHALE
WOODFORDSHALE
INOLA LIME
BARTLESVILLE
MANNING
WARSAWLIMESTONE?
OSAGE(UNDIFFERENTIATED)
“OSAGECHERT/CHAT”
Stratigraphic Column for Study Area
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Curtis and Champlin,1959, Fig
3, Reprinted by Permission of
University of Oklahoma
Curtis and Champlin,1959, Fig
4, Reprinted by Permission of
University of Oklahoma
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Curtis and Champlin,1959, Fig
5, Reprinted by Permission of
University of Oklahoma
Area of Rowland,
McDuffie and Thorton’s Meramecian/
zosagean descriptions
R 14 WR 5 W
T29N
T15N
Subcrop Extentof the Chester
Subcrop Extentof the Meramec
McDuffie, 1959,
Roland, 1959, and
Thornton 1959
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Pre-MississippianSurface Exposures
Mis
sissip
pian
Outc
rop
Belt
Cen
tral Kansas
Uplift
Nemaha
Uplift
Chesterian
Strata
Chesterian
Strata
ChesterianStrata
MeramecianStrata
MeramecianStrata
OsageanStrata
OsageanStrata
OsageanStrata
OsageanStrata
Assumed Meramecian
Subcrop Limit
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Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
Area of stratigraphic cross
sections
OGS Mississippian Play
workshop area
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Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 1,
Reprinted by Permission
of American Association
of Petroleum Geologists
Mazzullo, Wilhite, and Woolsey, 2009, Fig 4,
Reprinted by Permission of American
Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Mazzullo, Wilhite, and Woolsey, 2009, Fig 3,
Reprinted by Permission of American
Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 12,
Reprinted by Permission
of American Association
of Petroleum Geologists
post-CowleyMeramecianstrata
Cowley Northview ComptonKinderhook CowleyEquivalent?
CowleyEquaivalent?
Northview NorthviewCompton ComptonKinderhook? Kinderhook?Woodford
Top ofManchester
Wedge
TopOsage
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15007005040000GARNER
1
T34S R10W S21C NE NE SE
15007210670000SCHROCK
1
T35S R10W S10C SE NE
post-CowleyMeramecianstrata
Cowley Northview ComptonKinderhook
T34S R11W S21
35003217860000STATELINE
1
T29N R10W S15SW
35003208620000STEWART
1
T29N R10W S28C SW SE
CowleyEquivalent?
Northview ComptonKinderhook?
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35003214130000CORMACK
T28N R9W S29NW NW NW
35053213930000STEFFEN
1
T28N R8W S19NE SW
CowleyEquaivalent?
Northview ComptonKinderhook?Woodford
Top ofManchester
Wedge
TopOsage
35053220430000OVERTON
1-6T25N R6W S16
C NW SW1,093
4/30/1988
60
00
61
00
62
00
HS=1
PETRA 5/10/2011 1:07:57 PM
Northview
Fm.
Compton
Fm.
Woodford
Shale
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Modified from Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 2, Reprinted by
Permission of American Association of
Petroleum Geologists
Stratigraphic Column for North-Central Oklahoma(west of the Nemaha uplift)
MIS
SIS
SIP
PIA
N
KIN
DE
RH
OO
KIA
NM
ER
AM
EC
IAN
PE
NN
CH
ER
OK
EE
CH
ES
TE
RIA
ND
ES M
OIN
ES
IAN
KINDERHOOKSHALE
INOLA LIME
BARTLESVILLE
CHESTER
WARSAWLIMESTONE/
“MERAMECIANCHAT”
REEDS SPRING
REEDS SPRINGCHERT/”OSAGEAN CHAT”
COWLEY facies
OS
AG
EA
N
NORTHVIEW FM.
COMPTON LIMESTONE
WOODFORD SHALE
MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN?CHAT (EROSIONAL RESIDIUM
AT UNCONFORMITY)
unconformity
SY
ST
EM
GR
OU
P
SE
RIE
S
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
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Gutschick and Sandberg, 1983,
fig 7, Reprinted by Permission of
Society of Economic
Paleontologists and
Mineralogists
Mazzullo, Wilhite, and Woolsey, 2009, Fig 3,
Reprinted by Permission of American
Association of Petroleum Geologists
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Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 12,
Reprinted by Permission
of American Association
of Petroleum Geologists
Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Boardman,2011, Fig 7,
Reprinted with Permission of
the Oklahoma City
Geological Society
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Cluff and Lineback, 1981, Fig 26,
Reprinted by Permission of
Illinois Geological Society
Cluff and Lineback, 1981, Fig 26,
Reprinted by Permission of
Illinois Geological Society
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Datum
Top Miss
Sec 32 T27N - R6WNW SW NE
Sec 4 T26N - R6WNW NW SW
Fin
ing U
pw
ard
Fin
ing
Upw
ard
Co
a rsi
ng U
pw
a rd
Co
ar s
ing
Up
war
d
NORTH
NORTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
A
B
A´
B´
Pennsylvanian Undiffenentiated
Woodford Shale
1 Mile
Approximately 30 Miles
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Pennsylvanian Undiffenentiated
Non-Productive Facies 1
Productive Facies 2
Productive Facies 2
Productive Facies 2
Productive Facies 2
Productive Facies 1
Non-Productive Facies 2
Non-ProductiveFacies 3
Woodford Shale
NORTH SOUTHA A´1 Mile
NORTH SOUTH
B B´Approximately 30 Miles
Datum
Top Miss
Sec 32 T27N - R6WNW SW NE
Sec 4 T26N - R6WNW NW SW
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R7W R6W R5W R4WR8W
T29
N
T27
N
T26
N
T25N
T24N
T23N
T22N
T21N
T28N
0
200
300
200
100
10
0
1 00
100
100
0
Renfrow wedge
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35047221820000HELBERG
31-1T22N R4W S31
C SW SW1,168
202MPVL
2/15/198018
450585
59
00
60
00
61
00
62
00
63
00
64
00
HS=1
PETRA 5/10/2011 12:52:24 PM
Renfro
Gutschick and Sandberg,
1983, Fig 5, Reprinted by
Permission of Society of
Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists
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35047221820000T22N R4W S31
C SW SW1,168
202MPVL
35047217660000T21N R4W S5
C NW NW1,160
359MSSP
35047216020000T21N R4W S7
SW NE NW1,175
359MPLM
2/15/198018
450585
54830,900
9/3/1978
29,993184,557
7/12/1978295465
WOODFORD
MISSISSIPPIAN_TOP5
90
06
00
06
10
06
20
06
30
06
40
0
56
00
57
00
58
00
59
00
60
00
61
00
58
00
59
00
60
00
61
00
62
00
63
00
HS=1242
PETRA 5/2/2011 10:45:39 AM (2-25 grey wedge cs.CSP)
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
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Mazzullo, Wilhite and Woolsey, 2009, Fig
4,Reprinted by Permission of the American
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post-CowleyMeramecianstrata
Cowley Northview ComptonKinderhook CowleyEquivalent?
CowleyEquaivalent?
Northview NorthviewCompton ComptonKinderhook? Kinderhook?Woodford
Top ofManchester
Wedge
TopOsage
35053213930000
STEFFEN
1
T28N R8W S19
NE SW
516
6.7
75
33
3.4
45
50
0.1
15
66
6.7
8
HS=1
PETRA 5/2/2011 10:21:23 AM
Osagean South Haven
Osagean Manchester
Northview
ComptonWoodford
Cowley Equivalent?
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R7W R6W R5W R4WR8W
T29
N
T27
N
T26
N
T25N
T24N
T23N
T22N
T21N
T28N
300
100
200100
100
0
Manchester wedge,
possibly Cowley
equivalent
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Modified from Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 2, Reprinted by
Permission of American Association of
Petroleum Geologists
Stratigraphic Column for North-Central Oklahoma(west of the Nemaha uplift)
MIS
SIS
SIP
PIA
N
KIN
DE
RH
OO
KIA
NM
ER
AM
EC
IAN
PE
NN
CH
ER
OK
EE
CH
ES
TE
RIA
ND
ES M
OIN
ES
IAN
KINDERHOOKSHALE
INOLA LIME
BARTLESVILLE
CHESTER
WARSAWLIMESTONE/
“MERAMECIANCHAT”
REEDS SPRING
REEDS SPRINGCHERT/”OSAGEAN CHAT”
COWLEY facies
OS
AG
EA
N
NORTHVIEW FM.
COMPTON LIMESTONE
WOODFORD SHALE
MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN?CHAT (EROSIONAL RESIDIUM
AT UNCONFORMITY)
unconformity
SY
ST
EM
GR
OU
P
SE
RIE
S
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Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
Mazzullo, Wilhite and Woolsey, 2009, Fig 12
Reprinted by Permission of the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists
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35047244590000T21N R6W S1
NE SW NW1,108
359MSSP
35327,998
10/1/2008
62
00
63
00
64
00
65
00
66
00
HS=1
PETRA 5/2/2011 11:56:22 AM
Meramec
Osage (undifferentiated)
35047224100000T23N R5W S28
NW NE NW1,214
319MRMP
10/8/1980
59
00
60
00
61
00
62
00
63
00
64
00
65
00
66
00
HS=1
PETRA 5/2/2011 11:59:18 AM (2-34 breckinridge merrimac.CSP)
Meramec
Osage Hillsdale
Osage Nash
Osage Breckinridge
Renfro
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Meramec thin over structure
Topographic high
Modified from Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 2, Reprinted by
Permission of American Association of
Petroleum Geologists
Stratigraphic Column for North-Central Oklahoma(west of the Nemaha uplift)
MIS
SIS
SIP
PIA
N
KIN
DE
RH
OO
KIA
NM
ER
AM
EC
IAN
PE
NN
CH
ER
OK
EE
CH
ES
TE
RIA
ND
ES M
OIN
ES
IAN
KINDERHOOKSHALE
INOLA LIME
BARTLESVILLE
CHESTER
WARSAWLIMESTONE/
“MERAMECIANCHAT”
REEDS SPRING
REEDS SPRINGCHERT/”OSAGEAN CHAT”
COWLEY facies
OS
AG
EA
N
NORTHVIEW FM.
COMPTON LIMESTONE
WOODFORD SHALE
MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN?CHAT (EROSIONAL RESIDIUM
AT UNCONFORMITY)
unconformity
SY
ST
EM
GR
OU
P
SE
RIE
S
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Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
OS
AG
EA
NO
SA
GE
AN
OS
AG
EA
N
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL
SKY
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PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
CHESTERIAN DEPOSITS
MERAMECIAN DEPOSITS
SEA LEVEL
SEA LEVEL
OS
AG
EA
NO
SA
GE
AN
OS
AG
EA
N
OSAGEAN UNCONFORMITY SURFACE
MERAMECIAN LIMESTONES & SHALES
CHESTERIAN
PENNSYLVANIAN AGE SEAS
CHESTERIAN STRATA
CHESTERIAN STRATA
MERAMECIAN STRATA
MERAMECIAN STRATAO
SA
GE
AN
OS
AG
EA
N
PRE-MISSISSIPPIAN SURFACE
Lime, Thin Shales, & Cherts
Lime, Thin Shales, & Cherts
Lime Cap
Meramecian Tripolitic Chert Unaltered Meramecian Strata Sea Level
Post-Meramecian/Pre-Pennsylvanian Unconformity
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Modified from Mazzullo, Wilhite, and
Woolsey, 2009, Fig 2, Reprinted by
Permission of American Association of
Petroleum Geologists
Stratigraphic Column for North-Central Oklahoma(west of the Nemaha uplift)
MIS
SIS
SIP
PIA
N
KIN
DE
RH
OO
KIA
NM
ER
AM
EC
IAN
PE
NN
CH
ER
OK
EE
CH
ES
TE
RIA
ND
ES M
OIN
ES
IAN
KINDERHOOKSHALE
INOLA LIME
BARTLESVILLE
CHESTER
WARSAWLIMESTONE/
“MERAMECIANCHAT”
REEDS SPRING
REEDS SPRINGCHERT/”OSAGEAN CHAT”
COWLEY facies
OS
AG
EA
N
NORTHVIEW FM.
COMPTON LIMESTONE
WOODFORD SHALE
MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN?CHAT (EROSIONAL RESIDIUM
AT UNCONFORMITY)
unconformity
SY
ST
EM
GR
OU
P
SE
RIE
S
Stratigraphic Architecture of the Kinderhookian
to Meramecian Series
by Kurt Rottmann
• Goals– To define the geometry of Meramecian/Osagean
deposits in north central Oklahoma
– Build a stratigraphic column for north central
Oklahoma
• Define Kinderhookian and Woodford Strata
• Define Osagean wedge deposits
• Define possible Osagean Cowley Fm. In Oklahoma
• Define Meramecian deposits
• Define “Chat” deposits
– Use the correlation developed to help operators
explore for oil and gas
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Area of Rowland,
McDuffie and Thorton’s Meramecian/
zosagean descriptions
R 14 WR 5 W
T29N
T15N
Subcrop Extentof the Chester
Subcrop Extentof the Meramec
McDuffie,1959,
Roland,1959, and
Thornton,1959
GeoComp’s
Approximate
Meramec Limit
Rottmann 41
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• Cluff, R. M.; and Lineback, J. A., 1981,Middle Mississippian Carbonates of the Illinois Basin: A
seminar and core work-shop, April 23rd and 24th 1981, Mt. Vernon, Illinois / workshop organizers:
Robert M. Cluff, Jerry A Lineback; cosponsored by the Illinois Geological Society and Illinois State
Geological Survey: Illinois Geological Society, 1981, 88p.
• Gutschick, R.C.; and C.A. Sandberg, 1983,Mississippian continental margins of the con-terminous
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Oklahoma City Geological Society: Lithostratigraphic Architecture of the Mississippian Reeds
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