| Basin or Province |
Structural Form |
Source Rock |
Dominant Kerogen Type |
Main Reservoirs |
Principal Maturation Stage |
Reference |
Arabian-Iranian
|
Linear sag
|
Kazhdumi fm, marine sh & lmst
|
II
|
Asmari lmst (Miocene)?; Bergen delta
(Early-M Cret)
|
M-Late Tert
|
Hull & Warman, 1970; James & Wynd,
1965; Dunnington, 1958, 1967; Ala et al., 1980; Murris,
1980; Koop & Stoneley, 1982
|
Maracaibo
|
Linear sag
|
La Luna fm, marine sh & lmst
|
II
|
Eocene-Miocene ss
|
Late Tert
|
Zambrano et al., 1972; Braser & White,
1984
|
East Venezuela, Middle Magdalena, Llanos
Oriente
|
Linear sag
|
Querecual & La Luna fm, marine sh &
lmst
|
II
|
Eocene-Miocene ss
|
Late Tert
|
Hedberg, 1950; Krause, 1988; McCollough
& Padfield, 1985; Zumberge, 1984
|
Alberta, Overthrust, Green River
|
Foredeep
|
Mannville fm, marine sh & equiv
|
III
|
Cret ss
|
Late Tert
|
Parsons, 1973; Moshier & Waples, 1985
|
Gulf Coast
|
Circular sag
|
Marine sh
|
II
|
Cret carb & ss
|
Late Tert
|
Rainwater, 1971; Holcomb, 1971
|
Amu Darya, North Caucasus, Crimea
|
Linear sag
|
Aptian-Albian marine sh
|
II
|
Cret ss
|
Late Tert
|
Arkhipov et al., 1979; Mirzoyev &
Dzhaparidze, 1979; Shestopal, 1979; Maksimov et al., 1987
|
South Atlantic basins
|
Rift/linear sag
|
U Neocomian-Aptian lacustrine & marine
sh; Turonian marine sh
|
I, II
|
Cret ss & carb; Tert ss
|
Late Cret-Early Tert
|
Ponte et al., 1980; Clifford, 1986; Lehner
& DeRuiter, 1977
|
West Siberia (northern)
|
Circular sag
|
Pokur fm (Albian-Cenomanian), continental
clastics
|
III, coal
|
Albian-Cenomanian ss
|
Immature
|
Nesterov et al., 1978; Rice & Claypool,
1981; Kortsenshteyn, 1970; Grace & Hart, 1986
|
North Slope
|
Foredeep
|
HRZ sh, Hue sh, marine sh
|
III
|
Cret ss
|
Late Cret-Early Tert
|
Carman & Hardwick, 1983; Molenaar et
al., 1987;  Bird & Magoon, 1987
|
Songliao
|
Linear sag
|
Qingshankou & Nenjiang fm, deep
lacustrine sh
|
I
|
Cret deltaic ss
|
Late Cret-Early Tert
|
Yang et al., 1985; Zhou, 1985; Yang, 1985
|
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