Marcellus Formation - Wikipedia
WEBThe dark shale facies of the Marcellus were formed from flysch, a fine mud deposited in deep water; the deepening sea that deposited the Marcellus cut off the supply of carbonates that form limestone and the fine-grained flysch sediments buried the …
Marcellus natural gas trend - Wikipedia
WEBIn 2022, a team of researchers in a paper published in Energy Policy identified the Marcellus Shale as a "carbon bomb," a fossil fuel project that would result in more than one gigaton of carbon dioxide emissions if fully extracted and burnt.
Marcellus Shale: Results Continue to Amaze Geologists
WEBThe Marcellus Shale, also referred to as the Marcellus Formation, is a Middle Devonian-age, black, low-density, carbonaceous (organic-rich) shale that occurs in the subsurface beneath much of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.
Virtual Collection: Devonian Fossils of New York
WEBAug 12, 2022 · Casteroceras alternatum from the Devonian Marcellus Shale (Cherry Valley Limestone Member) of Madison County, New York (PRI 5363).
Lithofacies of the Devonian Marcellus Shale In the
WEBWe identify five major lithofacies: (1) calcitic coarse mudstone, quartz-silty and sparsely fossiliferous; (2) skeletal wackestone–packstone limestone, exhibiting a low to moderate faunal diversity; (3) calcitic carbonaceous medium mudstone, containing a high organic-carbon content and low-density, low-diversity fossil community; (4 ...
WEBThe Marcellus Middle Devonian-age organic-rich formation, also known as Marcellus Shale, extends in the subsurface from New York State in the north to northeastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the south and is the most prolific natural gas-producing formation in the Appalachian basin.
5: The Marcellus Shale Play: Its Discovery and Emergence as a …
WEBJan 1, 2017 · The Middle Devonian Marcellus shale play has emerged as a major world-class hydrocarbon accumulation. It has rapidly evolved into a major shale gas target in North America and represents one of the largest and most prolific shale plays in the world with a prospective area of approximately 114,000 km 2 (44,000 mi 2).
The Devonian Marcellus Shale and Millboro Shale
WEBJan 1, 2014 · One of these eastern shales is the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale, which has been extensively developed for natural gas and natural gas liquids since 2007. The Marcellus is one of the basal units in a thick Devonian shale sedimentary sequence in the Appalachian basin.
Mineralogical characterization and strain analysis of the Marcellus …
WEBJun 1, 2020 · Marcellus shale is an organic rich shale formation, extends in the subsurface from New York state in the north to the northeastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the south, eastern Ohio to extreme western Virginia. 23 Marcellus shale primarily contains carbonaceous silty black shale with scattered …
The Marcellus Shale: The Science Beneath the Surface
WEBNov 28, 2019 · What is the Marcellus Shale? The Marcellus Shale is an organic-rich layer of rock extending deep underground from Ohio and West Virginia northeast into Pennsylvania and southern New York.