Data set name:	Princeton University PU79
Location:		near Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co. Colorado
Contributor:		Walter E. Dean
Funding source:	National Science Foundation


References:

Arthur, M. A., and Dean , W. E., 1991, A holistic geochemical approach to
cyclomania - Examples from Cretaceous pelagic limestone sequences, in
Einsele, G., Ricken W., and Seilacher, A., eds., Cycles and events in
stratigraphy: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, p. 126-166.

Arthur, M. A., Dean, W. E., Pollastro, R., M, Claypool, G. E., and Scholle,
P. A., 1985b, Comparative geochemical and mineralogical studies of two
cyclic transgressive pelagic limestone units, Cretaceous Western Interior
Basin, U.S., in Pratt, L. M., Kauffman, E. G., and Zelt, F. B., eds.,
Fine-grained deposits and biofacies of the Western Interior Seaway:
Evidence of cyclic sedimentary processes:  Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1985 Midyear Meeting, Golden, Colorado,
Field Trip Guidebook No. 4, p. 16-27.

Dean, W. E., and Arthur, M. A., 1998, Geochemical expressions of cyclicity
in Cretaceous pelagic limestone sequences:  Niobrara Formation, 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; TOC total
organic carbon; ICP, inductively coupled argon plasma spectrometry; XRF,
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

"PU-79Geochem.txt " file
	Contains results of inorganic geochemical analyses of samples from
the Bridge Creek Limestone Member of the Greenhorn Formation in the
Princeton University PU79 core.
Variable Names:
	Depth (fgt)	depth in core in feet
	Depth (m)	depth in core in meters
	% Si-xrf	percent silicon by XRF
	% Al-xrf	percent aluminum by XRF
	% Ca-xrf	percent calcium by XRF
	% Fe-xrf	percent iron by XRF
	% K-xrf	percent potassium by XRF
	% Mg-xrf	percent magnesium by XRF
	% Na-icp	percent sodium by ICP
	% P-icp	percent phosphorus by ICP
	% Ti-icp	percent titanium by ICP
	% Mn-icp	percent manganese by ICP
	ppm Ba	parts per million barium 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 La	parts per million lanthanum by ICP
	ppm Mo	parts per million manganese by ICP
	ppm Ni	parts per million nickel by ICP
	ppm Pb	parts per million lead by ICP
	ppm Sr	parts per million strontium 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
	ppm Ce	parts per million cerium by ICP
	ppm Li	parts per million lithium by ICP

"PU-79Rock-Eval.txt" file
	Contains rersults of Rock-Eval pyrolysis of samples from the Bridge
Creek Limestone Member of the Greenhorn Formation in the Princeton
University PU79 core.
Variable Names:
	Depth-ft	depth in core in feet
	Depth-m	depth in core in meters
	% TOC	percent total organic carbon
	H-index 	R-E pyrolysis Hydrogen Index in mg HC/g TOC
	O-index 	R-E pyrolysis Oxygeen index in mg CO2/g TOC

PU-79carbons.txt" file
	Contains results of whole-rock carbonate-, and organic-carbon
analyses of samples from the Bridge Creek Limestone Member of the Greenhorn
Formation in the Princeton University PU79 core.
Variable Names:
	Depth-ft	depth in core in feet
	Depth-m	depth in core in meters
	% C-C	percent carbonate carbon
	% CaCO3-cc	percent calcium carbonate calculated from C-C
	% TOC 	percent total organic carbon