Escalante.metadata.txt

Data set name:	USGS#1 Escalante
Location:	Sect. 36, T35S, R2W, Garfield Co. Utah
Contributor:	Walter E. Dean
Funding source:	U. S. Geological Survey


References:
Leithold, L., and Dean, W. E., 1998, Depositional processes on a Turonian
prodelta, western margin of the Western Interior Seaway, In Dean, W. E.,
and Arthur, M. A., eds., Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the
Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA:  Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Concepts in Sedimentology and
Paleontology, No. 6.

Pagani, M., and Arthur, M. A., 1998, Stable isotopic studies of
cenomanian-Turonian proximal marine faun a from the U, S. Western Interior
Seaway, In Dean, W. E., and Arthur, M. A., eds., Stratigraphy and
Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA:  Society
of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Concepts in
Sedimentology and Paleontology, No. 6.

Abbreviations:  R-E, Rock-Eval pyrolysis; HC,  hydrocarbons; ICP,
inductively coupled argon plasma spectrometry

"Escalante.carbons.txt" file
	Contains results of total-, carbonate-, and organic-carbon analyses
of samples from the bottom of the Tibbet Canyon Member of the Straight
Cliffs Formation, all of the Tropic Shale, and the top of the Dakota Group
in the Escalante core.
Variable Names:
	Depth-ft	depth in core in feet
	Depth-m	depth in core in meters
	% T-C	percent total carbon
	% C-C	percent carbonate carbon
	% TOC	% total organic carbon (=%T-C minus % C-C)
	% CaCO3	% calcium carbonate calculated from % C-C

"Escalante.Isotopes.txt" file
	Contains results of whole-rock carbon and oxygen isotope analyses
of samples from the Tropic Shale in the Escalante core.  From Pagani and
Arthur, 1998.
Variable Names:
	Depth-ft	depth in core in feet
	Depth-m	depth in core in meters
	Del 13C-PDB	carbon isotopic composition of whole-rock (wr)
carbonate expressed in the usual per mil delta notation relative to the
University of Chicago Pee Dee belemnite (PDB) marine carbonate standard.
	Del 18O-PDB	oxygen isotopic composition of whole-rock (wr)
carbonate expressed in the usual per mil delta notation relative to the
University of Chicago Pee Dee belemnite (PDB) marine carbonate standard.

"Escalante.20-ft.ICP.txt" file
	Contains results of inorganic geochemical (ICP) analyses of samples
collected at 20-foot intervals from from the bottom of the Tibbet Canyon
Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation, all of the Tropic Shale, and the
top of the Dakota Group in the Escalante core.
Variable Names:
	Depth-Ft	depth in core in feet
	Depth-m	depth in core in meters
	% Al		percent aluminum by ICP
	% Ca		percent calcium by ICP
	% Fe		percent iron by ICP
	% K		percent potassium by ICP
	% Mg		percent magnesium by ICP
	% Na		percent sodium by ICP
	% P		percent phosphorus by ICP
	% Ti		percent titanium by ICP
	ppm As	parts per million arsenic by ICP
	ppm Ba	parts per million barium by ICP
	ppm Ce	parts per million cerium by ICP
	ppm Co	parts per million cobalt by ICP
	ppm Cr	parts per million cromium by ICP
	ppm Cu	parts per million copper by ICP
	ppm Ga	parts per million gallium by ICP
	ppm La	parts per million lanthanum by ICP
	ppm Li	parts per million lithium by ICP
	ppm Mo	parts per million manganese by ICP
	ppm Nb	parts per million niobium by ICP
	ppm Nd	parts per million niodymium by ICP
	ppm Ni	parts per million nickel by ICP
	ppm Pb	parts per million lead by ICP
	ppm Sc	parts per million scandium by ICP
	ppm Sr	parts per million strontium by ICP
	ppm Th	parts per million thorium by ICP
	ppm V	parts per million vanadium by ICP
	ppm Y	parts per million yttrium by ICP
	ppm Zn	parts per million zinc by ICP


"Escalante.20-ft.org.txt" file
	Contains results of organic geochemical analyses of samples
collected at 20-foot intervals from the bottom of the Tibbet Canyon Member
of the Straight Cliffs Formation, all of the Tropic Shale, and the top of
the Dakota Group in the Escalante core.
Variable Names:
	Depth (ft)	depth in core in feet
	Depth (m)	depth in core in meters
	Tmax 	temperature of maximum hydrocarbon yield in degrees C
	S1 (mg/g)	R-E pyrolysis S1 peak in mg HC/g rock
	S2 (mg/g)	R-E pyrolysis S2 peak in mg HC/g rock
	S3 (mg/g)	R-E pyrolysis S3 peak in mg CO2/g rock
	S1+S2	sum of S1+S2
	H-index (mg/g)	R-E pyrolysis Hydrogen Index in mg HC/g TOC
	O-index (mg/g)	R-E pyrolysis Oxygeen index in mg CO2/g TOC
	TC-usgs	percent total carbon analyzed by the USGS, Denver
	IC-usgs	percent inorganic carbon analyzed by the USGS, Denver
	TOC-usgs 	percent total organic carbon analyzed by the USGS,
Denver
	TC1-IU	percent total carbon analyzed by Indiana University
	TC2-IU	percent total carbon, duplicate analysis by Indiana University
	TS1-IU	percent total sulfur analyzed by Indiana University
	TS2-IU	percent total sulfur, duplicate analysis by Indiana University
	TOC-RE 	percent total organic carbon determined by Rock-Eval
	% CaCO3-IC	Percent calcium carbonate calculated from % IC
	% CaCO3-Ca	Percent calcium carbonate calculated from % calcium
	del 13Corg	carbon isotopic composition of organic matter
expressed in the usual per mil delta notation relative to the University of
Chicago Pee Dee belemnite (PDB) marine carbonate standard.


"Escalante.logs.txt" file
	Contains data from geophysical logs of the Escalante well.
Variable Names:
	Depth (ft)	depth in core in feet
	Depth (m)	depth in core in meters
	Resistivity (ohm)	electrical resistivity in ohms
	Bulk Density (g/cc)	buld density in grams per square centimeter
	Gamma (API)	gamma radiation in API (American Petroleum
Institute) units