Basins having Pennsylvanian - Lower Permian Source Rocks

Basin or Province	Structural form	Source Rock	Dominant Kerogen type	Main Reservoirs	Principal Maturation Stage	Reference
Anadarko, Permian	Foredeep (SE) , rift (NW)	Penn-Guadalup basinal facies, marine sh	II	Penn-Perm ss & carb	Late Perm-M Cret	Adler, 1971; Hartman & Woodard, 1971; Jones & Smith, 1965; Campbell et al., 1988
Southern North Sea	Foredeep	Westaphalian coal meas	III	Rotliegende (Lower Perm) ss	Tr-M Jur	Ziegler, 1980
North Caspian	Circular sag	Carbonif-Lower Perm basinal facies, marine sh & carbnte	II	Carbonif-Lower Perm carb	Late Perm-Tr	Fomkin, 1985; Krylov & Nekhrikova, 1987
Bighorn, Powder River, Wind River, Uinta, Piceance	Linear sag	phosphatic sh of Phosphoria fm, marine sh	II	Penn-Perm ss	Late Cret-Early Tert	Claypool et al., 1978; Stauffer, 1971; Cannon, 1971; Peterson & Smith, 1986
Vilyuy	Circular sag	Perm continental clastics	III, coal	Perm-Cret ss	Jur-Early Cret	Cherskiy, 1986
Sichuan	Platform	Yangxin fm, argill lmst	II	Perm-Lower Tr carb	M Cret	Huang, 1984; Wang et al., 1983, Li Xuehui & Li Tiesheng, 1984
Cooper	Rift	Gidgealpa Gr (Perm); coal meas	III, coal	Perm ss	M Cret	Kantsler et al., 1984

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