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Geochemistry data for a Re-Os geochronology study of the Eocene Green River Formation in Uinta Basin, Utah

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2022

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Birdwell, J.E., 2022, Geochemistry data for a Re-Os geochronology study of the Eocene Green River Formation in Uinta Basin, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FOH9BV.

Summary

This dataset is associated with a journal article "The Role of Organic Matter Diversity on the Re-Os Systematics of Organic-rich Sedimentary Units: Insights into the Controls of Isochron Age Determinations from the Lacustrine Green River Formation" and summarizes data generated by the Petroleum Geochemistry Research Laboratory that was used in this work. Data include bulk organic geochemistry on whole rocks and a few compound ratios based on analysis of extractable organic matter.

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Point of Contact :
Justin E Birdwell
Originator :
Justin E Birdwell
Metadata Contact :
Gregory Gunther
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Central Energy Resources Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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Purpose

This data was generated in order to estimate the relative diversity of organic matter present in mudstones deposited during different stages of Eocene Lake Uinta in the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah. Organic matter diversity is proposed to affect the accuracy and precision of Re-Os age dating techniques applied to lacustrine sedimentary organic matter in a variety of ways described in the associated manuscript. Because the Green River Formation has very few intervals containing datable minerals (for example, zircons or sanidines in volcanic tuff beds), dating using organic matter-based proxies like Re-Os provides critical information for understanding the timescale of processes occurring in the paleolake. This effort is relevant to paleoenviromental studies of ancient lacustrine systems as well as the petroleum and oil shale resources present in Uinta Basin.
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