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A New 3D Structural Modeling Technique Unravels Complex Structures within the Marcellus Shale: Utilizing Borehole Image logs,
      Aimen Amer, Steve Collins, Daniel Hamilton, Helena Gamero, Carmen Contreras, and Manish Singh

Variability of Thin Grainstone Units in the Trenton and Black River (Ordovician) of the Michigan Basin and the Significance to High Resolution Cycle Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization,
      Tarek Anan and G. Michael Grammer

Subsurface Lithostratigraphy of the Cambro‐Ordovician Knox Group in Illinois; Regional Correlation of Potential Reservoirs and Seals for CO₂ Sequestration,
      Zohreh Askari, Y. Lasemi, Z. Lasemi, and H. E. Leetaru

B

Chemostratigraphy of the Marcellus Shale: Insights into Depositional Environments and Implications for Play Fairways,
      David R. Blood and Gary G. Lash

Stratigraphic Completeness of Carbonate‐Dominated Records from Cratonic Interiors versus Continental Margins: Stratigraphic Thinning Occurs via Condensation and Truncation at Multiple Scales,
      Mara E. Brady

Depositional History of the Central Appalachian Region during the Cambrian—Ordovician Sauk Megasequence,
      David K. Brezinski, John F. Taylor, and John E. Repetski

Depositional model of the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia based on facies analysis,
      Kathy R. Bruner, Margaret Walker‐Milani, and Richard Smosna

Assessing Composite Storage Formations for Geologic Carbon Sequestration,
      Marc L. Buursink, Ernie R. Slucher, Matthew D. Merrill, and Peter D. Warwick

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The Case for CCS as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),
      Steven M. Carpenter

Preliminary Evaluation of Offshore Transport and Storage of CO₂,
      Steven M. Carpenter

Empirical Evaluation of Procedures to Detect Spatial Anomalies in the Devonian Antrim Shale (Michigan Basin), and Potential Effects on Resource Assessment,
      Timothy C. Coburn, Philip A. Freeman, and Emil D. Attanasi

Reservoir Porosity Characterization for a Carbon Sequestration Target: Citronelle Field, Alabama,
      Keith Coffindaffer, George Case, and Amy Weislogel

Investigations into the Oil and Natural Gas Resource Potential of North Carolina State Waters,
      James L. Coleman, Jr.

Examination of the shale gas potential of Devonian shales in the Broadtop Synclinorium, Appalachian Basin (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania),
      J. L. Coleman, Jr., C. B. Enomoto, P. W. Niemeyer, F. T. Dulong, C. S. Swezey, and G. W. Van Swearingen

USGS Re‐assessment of the Undiscovered, Technically‐recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin, USA,
      J. L. Coleman, Jr., R. C. Milici, T. A. Cook, R. R. Charpentier, M. A. Kirschbaum, T. R. Klett, R. M. Pollastro, and C. J. Schenk

Shark Bay Carbonates after the Pioneers: some Current Research,
      Lindsay B. Collins and Ricardo Jahnert

D

Predicting Total Dissolved Solid Concentrations in Appalachian Basin Formation Waters from Spontaneous Potential Logs,
      Colin Doolan

The Role of Matrix and Fractures on Appalachian Basin Upper Devonian Gas Production,
      Ashley S. B. Douds

Well Site Techniques for the Study of Unconventional Reservoirs,
      Jerad Dudley and Ken Bohnert

E

Shifts in Depocenter Locations during the Mississippian in the Michigan Basin (USA, Canada),
      J. A. East and C. S. Swezey

Forensic Petroleum System Analysis of Drilling Results and Hydrocarbon Potential of Georges Bank Basin,
      Erin T. Elliott and Paul J. Post

Examination of Inferred Third‐Order Structural Features of the Marcellus Shale Using Wireline Logs in the Broadtop Synclinorium, Virginia and West Virginia,
      Catherine B. Enomoto, Ricardo A. Olea, and James L. Coleman, Jr.

F

Evaluating the Effects of Lithofacies and Thin Shales on the Lateral Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs, Albion‐Scipio and Stoney Point Fields, Michigan Basin,
      Peter J. Feutz and G. Michael Grammer

Preparing for and Handling Common Complaints by Private Water Well Owners Related to Coal Bed Methane, Shale Gas and Other Unconventional Development Programs,
      John V. Fontana and David M. Seneshen

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Natural Fracture Characterization in Shale‐Gas Reservoirs: Spatial Organization and Fracture Sealing,
      Julia F. W. Gale, L. Pommer, X. Ouyang, and S. E. Laubach

NEMS‐CTS: A Model and Framework for Comprehensive Assessment of CCS and Infrastructure,
      Rodney Geisbrecht, Charles Zelek, and Tim Grant

H

New ASTM Standard Test Method for Determination of the Reflectance of Vitrinite Dispersed in Sedimentary Rocks,
      Paul C. Hackley, Carla V. Araujo, Ángeles G. Borrego, Brian J. Cardott, Alan C. Cook, Mária Hámor‐Vidó, Kees Kommeren, João G. Mendonça Filho, Jane Newman, Mark Pawlewicz, Judith Potter, and Isabel Suárez‐Ruiz

Petrology of Stromatoporoid‐Coral Framestones and Rudstones in the Upper Keyser Formation (Silurian) of the Water Sinks Area, Highland County, Virginia,
      John T. Haynes, Selina Cole, Richard A. Lambert, Philip C. Lucas, Stephen A. Leslie, Steven J. Whitmeyer, and Timothy Rose

Sequence and Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy from the Aptian carbonate platform interior, southern Croatia,
      A. Husinec, S. P. Regan, C. A. Harman, D. A. Mosher, and J. F. Read

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Seismic Signatures of Faults in the Appalachian Basin of NYS, and the Effect of These Faults on Devonian Black Shales: An Update,
      Robert D. Jacobi, Cheri Cruz, Al Leaver, and Jodi Fisher

CO₂ Sequestration in Central New York State: Update,
      Robert D. Jacobi, Teresa Jordan, Matthew Becker, Beata Csatho, Louis A. Derry, Rick Frappa, Jason Phipps Morgan, Larry Brown, Kathryn Tamulonis, Marta Castagna, Jodi Fisher, Melissa Zelazny, and John Martin

Factors Affecting CO₂ Storage Potential in Unmineable Coal Beds,
      Kevin B. Jones and Margo D. Corum

Testing Depositional Models and Basin Geometry for the Utica Shale, Mohawk Valley, New York State,
      Kyle Jones, Charles E. Mitchell, Langhorne “Taury” Smith, Gerald Smith, and Robert D. Jacobi

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Assessment of Spatial Variability in the Marcellus Shale from High Resolution Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Finger Lakes Region, NY,
      Ceren Karaca and Teresa E. Jordan

USGS Assessment of In‐Place, Oil‐Shale Resources of the Upper Devonian Antrim Shale in the Michigan Basin, Eastern United States,
      Alex W. Karlsen, Tracey J. Mercier, Frank T. Dulong, Sandra G. Neuzil, Ronald C. Johnson

A Tale of Two Shales: Time‐Series Geochemistry of the Devonian Marcellus and New Albany Shale Formations,
      Alan J. Kaufman, Benjamin T. Breeden, III, and Tyler Baril

Biomarkers in the Upper Devonian Lower Huron Shale as Indicators of Biological Source of Organic Matter, Depositional Environment, and Thermal Maturity,
      John Kroon and James W. Castle

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Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Uppermost Cambrian and the Lowermost Ordovician Deposits in Illinois: Implications for Recognition of the Poorly Defined Cambro‐Ordovician Boundary in the Deep Part of the Illinois Basin,
      Yaghoob Lasemi and Z. Askari

Chemostratigraphic trends of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin; Preliminary Observations,
      Gary G. Lash and Randy Blood

Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Cambrian and Ordovician of the Illinois Basin,
      Hannes E. Leetaru, Alan L. Brown, Donald W. Lee, and Ozgur Senel

Data Mining Methods for Assessing Public Attitudes of CCS,
      Kalev H. Leetaru and Hannes E. Leetaru

Vertical and Lateral Extent and TOC Content of Middle and Upper Devonian Organic‐Rich Shales, New York State,
      James Leone and Langhorne Smith

Evaluation of the Newburg Sandstone as a CO₂ Storage Unit in Central West Virginia,
      Eric Lewis

An Overview of Marcellus and other Devonian Shale Production in West Virginia,
      Eric Lewis, Mary Behling, and Susan Pool

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The Horton Bluff Formation Gas Shale, Frontier Shale Play Fairway Analysis, Nova Scotia, Canada,
      Adam W. A. MacDonald

Thermal Maturity of the U. S. Atlantic Coastal Plain, Maryland to North Carolina, Based on Legacy Exploration and Stratigraphic Test Wells,
      MaryAnn Love Malinconico

Thermal Maturity of the Early Mesozoic Richmond and Fundy Basins, in the Context of Newark and Taylorsville Basin Thermal Histories, Eastern USA and Canada,
      MaryAnn Love Malinconico and James C. Hower

Could Gas Hydrate in Fine Grained Sediments be a Precursor for Some Shale Gas Deposits?,
      M. D. Max and A. H. Johnson

3‐D Reservoir Characterization of the South Buckeye Field, Dundee Formation (Devonian), Michigan Basin, USA,
      Shawn M. McCloskey and G. Michael Grammer

Dust in the Wind: Aeolian Sediment in Middle Ordovician Carbonates of North America,
      Ronald R. McDowell

Geochemical and Isotopic Variations in Waters of an Area of Accelerating Shale Gas Development,
      Michon L. Mulder and S. Sharma

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Revising the 2006 USGS Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of Devonian-Mississippian Black Shales in the Eastern United States,
      Sandra G. Neuzil, Frank T. Dulong, Joseph A. East, Alexander W. Karlsen, Michael H. Trippi, Tracey J. Mercier, and Ronald C. Johnson

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Fabric of Shales Relating to Sedimentary Processes and Gas Shale Characteristics,
      Neal R. O'Brien and Roger Slatt

Nature and Origin of Dolomitization of the Boat Harbour Formation Carbonates in Northern Peninsula, Western Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for Porosity Controls,
      Babatunde J. Olanipekun and Karem Azmy

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Fluid Evolution in Cambrian‐Ordovician Knox Group Reservoirs,
      Thomas (Marty) Parris, M. W. Bradley, D. H. Doctor, C. Bruner, K. G. Takacs, and S. Webb

Norfolk Basin Pseudo Well Modeling: Lessons Applicable to Triassic–Jurassic Syn‐rift Prospectivity,
      Paul J. Post, Stephen L. Palmes, and MaryAnn L. Malinconico

Central Atlantic Conjugate Margin Development: Paleoreconstructions, Basin Evolution, and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration,
      Paul J. Post, Erin T. Elliott, William G. Dickson, and Mark E. Odegard

Atlantic OCS Geology and Resource Potential,
      Paul Post, Erin Elliott, Thierry DeCort, Ralph Klazynski, Elizabeth Klocek, Kun Li, and Thomas Riches

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North Carolina Shale Gas: Dan River Basin – Stokes and Rockingham Counties,
      Jeffrey C. Reid, Kenneth B. Taylor, and James D. Simons

Silurian “Clinton” Sandstone Reservoir Characterization for Evaluation of CO₂‐EOR Potential in the East Canton Oil Field, Ohio,
      Ronald A. Riley, John Wicks, and Christopher J. Perry

Integrating Depositional Facies and Stratigraphy in Characterizing Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs: Trenton Group of the Albion‐Scipio Trend, Michigan Basin,
      Marcel R. Robinson and G. Michael Grammer

Geological Controls on Geological Carbon Storage Capacity, Efficiency, and Security in the Middle Devonian Sylvania‐Bois Blanc Saline Aquifer, Central Lower Michigan, USA,
      Farsheed Rock, Katherine Pollard, and David A. Barnes

Reservoir Characterization and Facies Architecture of the Chesterian Clore Formation (Upper Mississippian) at Mumford Hills Field, Southwestern Indiana,
      Polly Root, M. Parke, M. Khadhrawi, and L. Pratt

A High‐Resolution Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Lower Pennsylvanian Breathitt Group: Insights from Coal‐Bed Methane Fields in the Pocahontas Basin,
      William A. Rouse, Ryan P. Grimm, and Kenneth A. Eriksson

Major and Minor Element and Radium Geochemistry of Produced Water Samples from the Marcellus Shale in New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia,
      E. L. Rowan, M. A. Engle, T. F. Kraemer, and C. S. Kirby

A Regional Perspective of the Devonian Shale and Ordovician Utica Shale Total Petroleum Systems of the Appalachian Basin,
      Robert T. Ryder, Michael H. Trippi, Christopher S. Swezey, Robert C. Milici, John E. Repetski, Leslie F. Ruppert, and Elisabeth L. Rowan

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Enhanced Gas Recovery and CO2 Storage in Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs: Optimized Injected Gas Composition for Mature Basins of Various Coal Rank,
      Karine Schepers, Anne Oudinot, and Nino Ripepi

Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Properties and Preservation of Organic Carbon in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale,
      Roy L. Sexton and Timothy R. Carr

Mineralogical, Microtextural and Geochemical Analysis of Subsurface Rocks in Southwestern, Southern, and Eastern Ohio: Initial Observations for Evaluating the Suitability of Materials for Sequestering Carbon,
      Julia M. Sheets, Susan A.Welch, David R. Cole, Jeffrey D. Daniels, Beverly Z. Saylor, and Michael V. Murphy

Potential for Supercritical Carbon Sequestration in the Offshore Bedrock Formations of the Baltimore Canyon Trough,
      Brian Slater, Langhorne Smith, and Alexa Stolorow

Effective Fracture Treatment Determination in Unconventional Reservoirs,
      Charles H Smith and Eli Menendez

Impact of Syndepositional Faulting on the Distribution of Organic‐Rich Utica Shale, New York State,
      Langhorne Smith

Upper Ordovician Trenton and Black River Carbonate Reservoirs in New York State,
      Langhorne Smith

Vertical and Lateral Extent and TOC Content of Middle and Upper Devonian Organic‐Rich Shales, New York State,
      Langhorne Smith and James Leone

Development of a Pennsylvanian Fan Delta Within a Carbonate Shelf Sea,
      Richard Smosna and Kathy R. Bruner

Applied Energy Mapping at the Ohio Geological Survey,
      Michael P. Solis, Matthew S. Erenpreiss, and Timothy E. Leftwich

Strontium Isotopic Signatures of Flowback and Co‐Produced Waters Associated with Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction, Pennsylvania,
      Brian W. Stewart, Elizabeth C. Chapman, Rosemary C. Capo, Richard W. Hammack, Karl T. Schroeder, and Harry Edenborn

Update on Mt. Simon Geologic Characterization Activities Associated with the FutureGen 2.0 Carbon Sequestration Project in Illinois,
      E. Charlotte Sullivan and Tyler J. Gilmore

Structural Framework of the Appalachian Plateau of Central West Virginia,
      Elise Swan, Jaime Toro, and Pete Sullivan

Occurrence of Uranium in Organic‐Rich Black Mudstones of the Early Mesozoic Newark Basin in New Jersey and Evidence of Secondary Enrichment Processes,
      Zoltan Szabo

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Aqueous Geochemistry of a Carbon Dioxide‐Enhanced Oil Recovery Project in the Sugar Creek Oil Field, Western Kentucky,
      Kathryn G. Takacs, E. G. Beck, T. M. Parris, D. Wedding, and R. Locke

Prediction of Petrophysical Properties of Trenton‐Black River (Ordovician) Reservoirs by Comparing Pore Architecture and Permeability to Sonic Velocity,
      John E. Thornton and G. Michael Grammer

Faunal Distribution and Relative Abundance in a Silurian (Wenlock) Pinnacle Reef Complex ‐ Ray Reef, Macomb County, Michigan,
      Jennifer L. Trout and G. Michael Grammer

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Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Assessment of the United States,
      P. D. Warwick, S. T. Brennan, and M. D. Merrill

Using Sonic and Seismic Indications of Coastal Plain Unconformities to Suggest Missing Sediments and Downdip Development of the Eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Shelf,
      Douglas Wyatt and Michael Waddell

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Stratigraphic Controls on Diagenetic Pathways in the St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan Basin: An Investigation into Reservoir Quality Prediction for Carbon Sequestration,
      Stephen A. Zdan

Zero Discharge Water Management for Horizontal Shale Gas Well Development,
      Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Jennifer Hause, Doug Patchen, Harry Johnson, C. David Locke, Ron McIlwain, and Dale Krysinski

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