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Missing section grids for the 3D petroleum systems model in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2023

Citation

Gelman, S.E., and Johnson, B.G., 2023, Data release for the 3D petroleum systems model of the Williston Basin, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N7O1OT.

Summary

The missing section grids describe geographic variations in erosion associated with unconformities in the 3D petroleum systems model. The grid values provide inputs for the model to restore layer thicknesses prior to erosion events and at the time of deposition. Each missing section grid here describes the depth of material that was eroded at 70, 50, 43, and 20 million years ago in the model. This is a child item of a larger data release titled "Data release for the 3D petroleum systems model of the Williston Basin, USA".

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Sarah E Gelman
Originator :
Sarah E Gelman, Benjamin G Johnson
Metadata Contact :
Benjamin G Johnson
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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grids_missing_section.zip
“Zip file containing all missing section grids”
692.58 KB application/zip
MisSec.png
“Map of missing section (currently eroded) that was present 50 million years ago.”
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Purpose

Erosion events that occur around the timing of maximum burial can impact the maturation history of source rocks in the basin, thus the model requires assumptions about the erosion history to calibrate observed maturation indices with model results.
Map of missing section (currently eroded) that was present 50 million years ago.
Map of missing section (currently eroded) that was present 50 million years ago.

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  • Energy Resources Program

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