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Outcrop Gamma-ray Analysis of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group: Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico

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This study, designed to accompany the 1999 report, Outcrop Analysis of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group: Jicarilla Apache Reservation, New Mexico, presents the results of an outcrop gamma-ray survey of six selected measured sections included in the original report. The primary objective of this second study is to provide a baseline to correlate from the outcrop and reservoir model into Mesaverde strata in the San Juan Basin subsurface. Outcrop logs were generated using a GAD-6 gamma-ray spectrometer that simultaneously recorded total counts, potassium, uranium, and thorium data. Taken together, the sections selected for outcrop gamma-ray analysis display the full lateral and vertical range of sequence stratigraphic and reservoir relationships seen in the field study. Facies represented include vertically stacked marine shore face parasequences (Point Lookout Sandstone), a variety of near shore estuarine and fluvial strata (Point Lookout Sandstone and Menefee Formation), and shelf sandstone (Cliff House Sandstone). These units reflect deposition within the highstand and lowstand/transgressive systems tracts of two major depositional sequences near the seaward Mesaverde Group pinchout. A roughly west-north outcrop log profile patterns. South of this line, complete coarsening-upward shoreface log signatures may be expected. Reservoir geometry will be most influenced by shore-parallel (shoreface) stratigraphic elements. North of this line, incomplete, or truncated, shoreface log signatures signal the presence of one or more sequence boundaries within the section. Reservoir elements will include both shore-parallel trends (shoreface) and complex shore-perpendicular trends (incised valleys).

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Last Updated September 29, 2016, 14:31 (LMT)
Created September 29, 2016, 14:31 (LMT)
Citation Robyn Wright Dunbar ---- Roy Long, Outcrop Gamma-ray Analysis of the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group: Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, New Mexico, 2016-09-29, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/outcrop-gamma-ray-analysis-of-the-cretaceous-mesaverde-group-jicarilla-apache-indian-reservation
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Poc Email Roy.long@netl.doe.gov
Point Of Contact Roy Long
Program Or Project KMD
Publication Date 2000-3-31