Bibliography of Woodford Shale
by Brian J. Cardott

Adler, F.J., 1971, Anadarko basin and central Oklahoma area, in Future petroleum provinces of the United States—their geology and potential: AAPG Memoir 15, v. 2, p. 1061-1070.

Al-Shaieb, Z., R.D. Fritz, J.E. Barrick, P.L. Medlock, and J. Puckette, 1993, Woodford Shale, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Hunton Group core workshop and field trip: OGS Special Publication 93-4, p. 196. (Woodford Shale in I-35 roadcut)

Al-Shaieb, Z., J. Puckette, and P. Blubaugh, 2001, The Hunton Group: sequence stratigraphy, facies, dolomitization, and karstification, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1999 symposium: OGS Circular 105, p. 17-29.(Woodford isopach map, Anadarko basin, figure 14)

Al-Shaieb, Z., J. Puckette, P. Deyhim, and A. Close, 2001, Compartmentalization of the overpressured interval in the Anadarko Basin, in K.S. Johnson and D. F. Merriam, eds., Petroleum systems of sedimentary basins in the southern Midcontinent, 2000 symposium: OGS Circular 106, p. 121-131.

Amsden, T.W., 1960, Hunton stratigraphy, part 6 of Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hunton Group in the Arbuckle Mountain region: OGS Bulletin 84, 311 p.

Amsden, T.W., 1967, Silurian and Devonian strata in Oklahoma, in Symposium—Silurian-Devonian rocks of Oklahoma and environs: Tulsa Geological Society Digest, v. 35, p. 25-34.

Amsden, T.W., and T.L. Rowland, 1967, Silurian-Devonian relationship in Oklahoma, in D.H. Oswald, ed., International symposium on the Devonian System, vol. 2: Calgary, Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, p. 949-959.

Amsden, T.W., W.M. Caplan, P.L. Hilpman, E.H. McGlasson, T.L. Rowland, and O.A. Wise, Jr., 1967, Devonian of the southern Midcontinent area, United States, in D.H. Oswald, ed., International symposium on the Devonian System, vol. 1: Calgary, Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, p. 913-932. (isopach map of Woodford)

Amsden, T.W., and G. Klapper, 1972, Misener Sandstone (Middle-Upper Devonian), north-central Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 56, p. 2323-2334.

Amsden, T.W., 1975, Hunton Group (Late Ordovician, Silurian, and Early Devonian) in the Anadarko basin of Oklahoma: OGS Bulletin 121, 214 p.

Amsden, T.W., 1980, Hunton Group (Late Ordovician, Silurian, and early Devonian) in the Arkoma basin of Oklahoma: OGS Bulletin 129, 136 p.

Amsden, T.W., 1983, Coelospira concava (Hall) from the Pinetop Chert (Early Devonian), Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma: Journal of Paleontology, v. 57, p. 1244-1260.

Arnold, C.A., 1934, Callixylon whiteanum sp. Nov., from the Woodford chert of Oklahoma: Botanical Gazette, v. 96, p. 180-185.

Arnold, C.A., 1947, An introduction to paleobotany: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 433 p. (Callixylon in Woodford, p. 283-285)

Barker, C., L. Wang, and E.B. Butler, 1987, Kinetic parameters (E,A) for the thermal degradation of organic matter from the Woodford Shale as a function of maturity [abstract]: American Chemical Society Abstracts of Papers, unpaginated.

Barker, G.W., and G.D. Wood, 1989, Microplankton and spores from the Woodford Shale (Devonian) of the Tobosa basin, southeast New Mexico-southwestern Texas, U.S.A. [abstract]: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Palynology,, v. 13, p. 279.

Barrick, J.E., and J.N. Haywa, 1987, Conodonts from the Missouri Mountain Shale (Silurian-Devonian) and lower Arkansas novaculite (Devonian), Black Knob Ridge, Oklahoma [abstract]: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 3, p. 146.

Barrick, J.E., and G. Klapper, 1990, Stop 2: Henryhouse and Haragan Formations (Late Silurian-Early Devonian) and Woodford Shale (Late Devonian-Early Mississippian), in S.M. Ritter, ed., Early and middle Paleozoic conodont biostratigraphy of the Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma: OGS Guidebook 27, p. 11-13.

Barrick, J.E., J.N. Haywa-Branch, and D.J. Over, 1990, Stop 6: Woodford Shale (Late Devonian-Early Mississippian), pre-Weldon Shale, Weldon Limestone, and basal Caney Shale (Mississippian); Hass G section, in S.M. Ritter, ed., Early and middle Paleozoic conodont biostratigraphy of the Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma: OGS Guidebook 27, p. 23-25.

Baskin, D.K., 1997, Atomic H/C Ratio of kerogen as an estimate of thermal maturity and organic matter conversion: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, p. 1437-1450. (Woodford Shale, p. 1440, 1444, 1448)

Bauernfeind, P.E., 1980a, The Misener Sandstone in portions of Lincoln and Creek Counties, Oklahoma, part 1: Shale Shaker, v. 30, p. 173-185.

Bauernfeind, P.E., 1980b, The Misener Sandstone in portions of Lincoln and Creek Counties, Oklahomma, part 2: Shale Shaker, v. 30, p. 188-197.

Bond, G.C., and M.A. Kominz, 1991, Disentangling middle Paleozoic sea level and tectonic events in cratonic margins and cratonic basins of North America: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, no. B4, p. 6619-6639. (Late Devonian sea-level rise).

Bonilla, J.V., and M.H. Engel, 1986, Chemical and isotopic redistribution of hydrocarbons during migration; laboratory simulation experiments: Organic Geochemistry, v. 10, p. 181-190.

Boucot, A.J., 1988, Devonian biogeography: an update, in N.J. McMillan, A.F. Embry, and D.J. Glass, eds., Paleontology, paleoecology and biostratigraphy, vol. 3 of Devonian of the world: Calgary, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, p. 211-227.

Bramlett, R.R., 1981, The relationship of hydrocarbon production to fracturing in the Woodford Formation of southern Oklahoma: Stillwater, Oklahoma State University, unpublished M.S. thesis, 106 p.

Branan, C., 1954, Woodford Shale production on the Caddo anticline: Shale Shaker, v. 5, p. 30.

Branch, A.A., 2007, Comprehensive characterization of a core from an over-mature Woodford Shale in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, and comparison with data from other studies of the Woodford Shale in the Arkoma Basin: Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma, unpublished M.S. thesis, 131 p.

Braun, R.L., A.K. Burnham, J.G. Reynolds, and J.E. Clarkson, 1991, Pyrolysis kinetics for lacustrine and marine source rocks by programmed micropyrolysis: Energy and Fuels, v. 5, p. 192-204.

Brenneman, M.C., and P.V. Smith, Jr., 1958, The chemical relationships between crude oils and their source rocks, in L.G. Weeks, ed., Habitat of oil: AAPG, p. 818-849.

Brown, A., and J. Corrigan, 1997, Petroleum systems, Ardmore basin and Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Dallas Geological Society, Guidebook for Field Trip #2, 1997 AAPG Annual Convention, 88 p.

Brown, A.A., 2001, Petroleum charge to the Mill Creek syncline and adjacent areas, southern Oklahoma (abstract): AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, p. 385.

Brown, W.G., R.C. Grayson, Jr., W.H. Jamieson, Jr., J.T. Altum, and J. Hightower, 1985, Tectonism and sedimentation in the Arbuckle Mountain region, southern Oklahoma aulacogen: Waco, Texas, Baylor University, 44 p.

Buchardt, B., and M.D. Lewan, 1990, Reflectance of vitrinite-like macerals as a thermal maturity index for Cambrian-Ordovician Alum Shale, southern Scandinavia: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, p. 394-406. (compares vitrinite-like material in Alum Shale to Woodford Shale)

Bullard, F.M., 1926, Geology of Marshall County, Oklahoma: OGS Bulletin 39, 101 p. (Woodford, p. 15-16, outcrop at 34-35, T.4S., R.4E.)

Burgess, R.C., and J.R. Hatch, 1987, Regional variations in crude oil geochemistry, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas—evidence for multiple sources, mixing, and migration distances [abstract]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71, p. 535.

Burgess, R.C., 1989, Geochemistry of oils and hydrocarbon source rocks, greater Anadarko basin: evidence for multiple sources of oils and long-distance oil migration, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Anadarko basin symposium, 1988: OGS Circular 90, p. 53-64.

Burruss, R.C., and J.R. Hatch, 1989, Geochemistry of oils and hydrocarbon source rocks, greater Anadarko basin: evidence for multiple sources of oils and long-distance oil migration, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Anadarko basin symposium, 1988: OGS Circular 90, p. 53-64.

Burwood, R., R.J. Drozd, H.I. Halpern, and R.A. Sedivy, 1988, Carbon isotopic variations of kerogen pyrolyzates: Organic Geochemistry, v. 12, p. 195-205.

Butler, E.B., and C. Barker, 1986, Kinetic study of bitumen release from heated shale: Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 50, p. 2281-2288.

Campbell, J.A., D.P. Brown, B.J. Cardott, and A. Mycek-Memoli, 1993, Petroleum production from potentially fractured pre-Pennsylvanian reservoirs in Oklahoma, in K.S. Johnson and J.A. Campbell, eds., Petroleum-reservoir geology in the southern Midcontinent, 1991 symposium: OGS Circular 95, p. 199-205. (Woodford, p. 204)

Cardott, B.J., and M.W. Lambert, 1985, Thermal maturation by vitrinite reflectance of Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 1982-1998.

Cardott, B.J., and M.W. Lambert, 1987, Thermal maturation by vitrinite reflectance of Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: reply: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71, p. 898-899.

Cardott, B.J., 1989, Thermal maturation of the Woodford Shale in the Anadarko basin, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Anadarko basin symposium, 1988: OGS Circular 90, p. 32-46.

Cardott, B.J., W.J. Metcalf, III, and J.L. Ahern, 1990, Thermal maturation by vitrinite reflectance of Woodford Shale near Washita Valley fault, Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, in V.F. Nuccio and C.E. Barker, eds., Applications of thermal maturity studies to energy exploration: SEPM, Rocky Mountain Section, p. 139-146.

Cardott, B.J., 1992, Bibliography of Woodford Shale (Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian) and age-equivalent rocks of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 52, p. 4-16.

Cardott, B.J., and J.R. Chaplin, 1993, Guidebook for selected stops in the western Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Special Publication 93-3, 55 p.

Cardott, B.J., 2001, Thermal maturation of the Woodford Shale in south-central Oklahoma (abstract), in K.S. Johnson, ed., Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1999 symposium: OGS Circular 105, p. 170.

Cardott, B.J., 2001, Thermal maturation of the Woodford Shale in eastern Oklahoma (abstract), in K.S. Johnson and D.F. Merriam, eds., Petroleum systems of sedimentary basins in the southern Midcontinent, 2000 symposium: OGS Circular 106, p. 193.

Cardott, B.J., 2005, Overview of unconventional energy resources of Oklahoma, in B.J. Cardott, ed., Unconventional energy resources in the southern Midcontinent, 2004 symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 110, p. 7-18.

Cardott, B.J., 2007, Overview of Woodford gas-shale play in Oklahoma: OGS, Woodford Gas Shale Conference, May 23, 2007, PowerPoint presentation. http://www.ogs.ou.edu/pdf/WoodfordOverview.pdf.

Cardwell, A.I., 1977, Petroleum source-rock potential of Arbuckle and Ellenburger Groups, southern Mid-Continent, United States: Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, v. 72, no. 3, 134 p.

Carr, J.L., III, 1987, The thermal maturity and clay mineralogy of the Chattanooga Formation along a transect from the Ozark Uplift to the Arkoma Basin: Fayetteville, University of Arkansas, unpublished M.S. thesis, 76 p.

Carr, J.L., III, 1987, The thermal maturity of the Chattanooga Formation along a transect from the Ozark uplift to the Arkoma basin: Shale Shaker, v. 38, p. 32-40.

Carter, L.S., S.A. Kelley, D.D. Blackwell, and N.D. Naeser, 1998, Heat flow and thermal history of the Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, p. 291-316.

Cemen, I., A. Sagnak, and S. Akthar, 2001, Geometry of the triangle zone and duplex structure in the Wilburton gas field area of the Arkoma basin, southeastern Oklahoma, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Pennsylvanian and Permian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1998 symposium: OGS Circular 104, p. 87-98.(Woodford detachment in Wilburton triangle zone)

Chouparova, E., K. Rottmann, and R.P. Philp, 2001, Geochemical study of oils produced from four Pennsylvanian reservoirs in Prairie Gem field, central Oklahoma, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Pennsylvanian and Permian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1998 symposium: OGS Circular 104, p. 105-113.

Comer, J.B., and H.H. Hinch, 1987, Recognizing and quantifying expulsion of oil from the Woodford Formation and age-equivalent rocks in Oklahoma and Arkansas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71, p. 844-858.

Comer, J.B., 1991, Stratigraphic analysis of the Upper Devonian Woodford Formation, Permian basin, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico: Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations 201, 63 p.

Comer, J.B., 1992, Organic geochemistry and paleogeography of Upper Devonian formations in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, in K.S. Johnson and B.J. Cardott, eds., Source rocks in the southern Midcontinent, 1990 symposium: OGS Circular 93, p. 70-93.

Comer, J.B., 2005, Facies distribution and hydrocarbon production potential of Woodford Shale in the southern Midcontinent, in B.J. Cardott, ed., Unconventional energy resources in the southern Midcontinent, 2004 symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 110, p. 51-62.

Comer, J.B., 2007, Reservoir characteristics and gas production potential of Woodford Shale in the Southern Midcontinent [Microsoft PowerPoint presentation]: IUScholorWorks [Indiana University’s digital repository], <http://hdl.handle.net/2022/1826>, date accessed.

Conant, L.C., and V.E. Swanson, 1961, Chattanooga Shale and related rocks of central Tennessee and nearby areas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 357, 91 p.

Cook, T.D., and A.W. Bally, eds., 1975, Stratigraphic atlas of North and Central America: Princeton University Press, 272 p.

Cooper, C.L., 1931a, Conodonts from the Arkansas novaculite, Woodford Formation, Ohio Shale, and Sunbury Shale: Journal of Paleontology, v. 5, p. 143-151.

Cooper, C.L., 1931b, New conodonts from the Woodford Formation of Oklahoma: Journal of Paleontology, v. 5, p. 230-243.

Cooper, C.L., 1932, A crustacean fauna from the Woodford Formation of Oklahoma: Journal of Paleontology, v. 6, p. 346-352.

Cooper, C.L., 1935, Conodonts from the upper and middle Arkansas novaculite, Mississippian, at Caddo Gap, Arkansas: Journal of Paleontology, v. 9, p. 307-315.

Craig, W.W., O. Wise, and J.D. McFarland, III, 1984, A guidebook to the post-St. Peter Ordovician and the Silurian and Devonian rocks of north-central Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, 49 p. (Chattanooga Shale, p. 21-23)

Crick, R.E., B.B. Ellwood, D.J. Over, R. Feist, and C. Girard, 2001, Magnetostratigraphic susceptibility of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary (Upper Devonian) in southern Oklahoma and its relationship to the type area in southern France, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1999 symposium: OGS Circular 105, p. 71-82.

Crossey, L.J., E.S. Hagen, R.C. Surdam, and T.W. Papoint, 1986, Correlation of organic parameters derived from elemental analysis and programmed pyrolysis of kerogen, in D.L. Gautier, ed., Roles of organic matter in sediment diagenesis: SEPM Special Publication 38, p. 35-45.

Damsté, J.S.S., T.I. Eglinton, J.W. de Leeuw, and P.A. Schenck, 1989, Organic sulphur in macromolecular sedimentary organic matter: I. Structure and origin of sulphur-containing moieties in kerogen, asphaltenes and coal as revealed by flash pyrolysis: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 53, p. 873-889. (Woodford kerogen)

Davis, H.G., 1985, Wrenching and oil migration, Mervine field, Kay County, Oklahoma [abstract]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, p. 248.

Davis, H.G., 1994, Petroleum geology of the Woodford Formation, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma and Texas [abstract]: AAPG Annual Convention, Official Program, v. 3, p. 132.

Derby, J.R., F.J. Podpechan, J. Andrews, and S. Ramakrishna, 2002, U.S. DOE-sponsored study of West Carney Hunton field, Lincoln & Logan Counties, Oklahoma: A preliminary report (part I): OCGS Shale Shaker, v. 53, no. 1, p. 9-19.

Doerr, E.L., and W.L. Manger, 2004, Trace element evidence of a volcanic source for Lower Mississippian chert and novaculite, southern Midcontinent (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 370.

Duncan, D.C., and V.E. Swanson, 1965, Organic-rich shale of the United States and world land areas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 523, 30 p.

Eglinton, T.I., L.S. Sinninghe Damste, W. Pool, J.W. De Leeuw, G. Eijkel, and J.J. Boon, 1992, Organic sulphur in macromolecular sedimentary organic matter. II. Analysis of distributions of sulphur-containing pyrolysis products using multivariate techniques: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 56, p. 1545-1560.

Ellison, S.P., 1950, Subsurface Woodford black shale, West Texas and southeast New Mexico: Texas University Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations, v. 7, 22 p.

Engel, M.H., S.W. Imbus, and J.E. Zumberge, 1988, Organic geochemical correlation of Oklahoma crude oils using R- and Q-mode factor analysis: Organic Geochemistry, v. 12, p. 157-170.

Ettensohn, F.R., and L.S. Barron, 1981, Depositional model for the Devonian-Mississippian black shales of North America: a paleoclimatic-paleogeographic approach, in T.G. Roberts, ed., Economic geology, structure, vol. 2 of GSA, Cincinnati 1981, Field Trip Guidebooks: American Geological Institute, p. 344-357.

Fay, R.O., 1989, Geology of the Arbuckle Mountains along Interstate 35, Carter and Murray Counties, Oklahoma: OGS Guidebook 26, 50 p.

Fay, R.O., S.A. Friedman, K.S. Johnson, J.F. Roberts, W.D. Rose, and P.K. Sutherland, 1979, The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) Systems in the United States—Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1110-R, p. R1-R35.

Fertl, W.H., and H.H. Rieke, III, 1980, Gamma ray spectral evaluation techniques identify fractured shale reservoirs and source-rock characteristics: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 32, p. 2053-2062.

Fertl, W., and G. Chilingarian, 1990, Hydrocarbon resource evaluation in the Woodford Shale using well logs: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 4, p. 347-357.

Filby, R.H., 1994, Origin and nature of trace element species in crude oils, bitumens and kerogens: implications for correlation and other geochemical studies, in J. Parnell, ed., Geofluids: origin, migration and evolution of fluids in sedimentary basins: London, Geological Society Special Publication 78, p. 203-219. (Woodford Shale, p. 206)

Forsman, J.P., and J.M. Hunt, 1958, Insoluble organic matter (kerogen) in sedimentary rocks of marine origin, in L.G. Weeks, ed., Habitat of oil: AAPG, p. 747-778.

Frazier, W.J., and D.R. Schwimmer, 1987, Devonian events: the Arkansas/Caballos novaculite, in Regional stratigraphy of North America: New York, Plenum Press, p. 246.

Frederickson, E.A., 1957, Geologic map of the Criner Hills area, Oklahoma: OGS Map GM-4, scale 1:20,000. (Woodford in Criner Hills)

Frezon, S.E., and E.E. Glick, 1959, Pre-Atoka rocks of northern Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 314-H, p. 171-187. (Chattanooga Shale in Arkansas)

Frezon, S.E., 1962, Correlation of Paleozoic rocks from Coal County, Oklahoma, to Sebastian County, Arkansas: OGS Circular 58, 53 p.

Fritz, R.D., and E.A. Beaumont, 2001, Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Silurian through Mississippian strata in the Midcontinent, in K.S. Johnson, ed., Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian geology and petroleum in the southern Midcontinent, 1999 symposium: OGS Circular 105, p. 173.

Girty, G.H., 1909, The fauna of the Caney Shale of Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 377, 106 p. (fauna in Woodford)

Glash, S.J., 1987, Paleo-depth of burial of surface-exposed Paleozoic carbonates in Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y., unpublished M.A. thesis, 83 p.

Glash, S.J., and G.M. Friedman, 1988, Paleodepth of burial: case history of exposed Paleozoic carbonates in Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma [abstract]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 72, p. 962-963.

Goldstein, A., Jr., 1959, Cherts and novaculites of Ouachita facies, in H.A. Ireland, ed, Silica in sediments—a symposium: SEPM Special Publication 7, p. 135-149.
Gould, C.N., 1925, Index to the stratigraphy of Oklahoma: OGS Bulletin 35, 115 p. (Woodford Chert on p. 22)

Gross, J.S., S.A. Thompson, B.L. Claxton, and M.B. Carr, 1995, Reservoir distribution and exploration potential of the Spiro Sandstone in the Choctaw trend, Arkoma basin, Oklahoma and Arkansas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, p. 159-185. (Woodford as source rock, p. 178).

Haines, L., 2006, Activity builds in Woodford Shale: Supplement to Oil & Gas Investor, January 2006, p. 17.

Haines, L., 2006, Unconventional gas resources: the Woodford Shale: Oil and Gas Investor, v. 26, no. 8, p. 79-81.

Ham, W.E., 1959, Correlation of pre-Stanley strata in the Arbuckle-Ouachita Mountain regions, in The geology of the Ouachita Mountains, a symposium: Dallas Geological Society and Ardmore Geological Society, p. 71-86.

Ham, W.E., and others, 1973, Regional geology of the Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: OGS Special Publication 73-3, 61 p.

Hass, W.H., 1951, Age of Arkansas novaculite: AAPG Bulletin, v. 35, p. 2526-2541.

Hass, W.H., 1956, Conodonts from the Arkansas novaculite, Stanley shale, and Jackfork sandstone: Ardmore Geological Society Guidebook, Ouachita Mountain Field Conference, p. 25-33.

Hass, W.H., and J.W. Huddle, 1965, Late Devonian and Early Mississippian age of the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma as determined by conodonts, in Geological Survey research: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 525-D, p. 125-132.

Hatch, J.R., D.D. Rice, R.C. Burruss, J.W. Schmoker, and J.L. Clayton, 1986, thermal maturity modeling and geochemical characterization of hydrocarbon source rocks, oils, and natural gases of the Anadarko basin, in L.M.H. Carter, ed., USGS research on energy resources—1986, program and abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 974, p. 21-23.

Hatch, J.R., J.D. King, and T.A. Daws, 1989, Geochemistry of Cherokee Group oils of southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma: Kansas Geological Survey Subsurface Geology Series 11, 20 p.

Heasler, H.P., and R.C. Surdam, 1989, Thermal and hydrocarbon maturation modeling of the Pismo and Santa Mario basins, coastal California, in N.D. Naeser, and T.H. McCulloh, eds., Thermal history of sedimentary basins: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 297-309.

Henbest, L.G., 1936, Radiolaria in the Arkansas novaculite, Caballos novaculite, and Bigfork chert: Journal of Paleontology, v. 10, p. 76-78.

Hendrick, S.J., 1992, Vitrinite reflectance and deep Arbuckle maturation at Wilburton field, Latimer County, Oklahoma, in K.S. Johnson and B.J. Cardott, eds., Source rocks in the southern Midcontinent, 1990 symposium: OGS Circular 93, p. 176-184.

Hester, T.C., and J.W. Schmoker, 1987a, Determination of organic content from formation-density logs, Devonian-Mississippian Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-20, 11p.

Hester, T.C., and J.W. Schmoker, 1987b, Formation resistivity as an indicator of oil generation in black shales [abstract]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 71, p. 1007.

Hester, T.C., H.L. Sahl, and J.W. Schmoker, 1988, Cross sections based on gamma-ray, density, and resistivity logs showing stratigraphic units of the Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2054, 2 sheets.

Hester, T.C., J.W. Schmoker, and H.L. Sahl, 1990, Log-derived regional source-rock characteristics of the Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1866-D, 38 p.

Hester, T.C., and J.W. Schmoker, 1991, Regional geologic characteristics relevant to horizontal drilling, Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma [abstract]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 75, p. 1128.

Hester, T.C., J.W. Schmoker, and H.L. Sahl, 1992, Structural controls on sediment distribution and thermal maturation of the Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma, in K.S. Johnson and B.J. Cardott, eds., Source rocks in the southern Midcontinent, 1990 symposium: OGS Circular 93, p. 321-326.

Hester, T.C., J.W. Schmoker, and H.L. Sahl, 1992, Tectonic controls on deposition and source-rock properties of the Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma; loading, subsidence, and forebulge development, in C.H. Thorman, ed., Application of structural geology to mineral and energy resources of the central and western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2012, p. B1-B11.

Hester, T.C., and J.W. Schmoker, 1993, Regional geology of the Woodford Shale, Anadarko basin, Oklahoma—an overview of relevance to horizontal drilling, in K.S. Johnson and J.A. Campbell, eds., Petroleum-reservoir geology in the southern midcontinent, 1991 symposium: OGS Circular 95, p. 74-81.

Holbrook, D.F., and C.G. Stone, 1978, Arkansas novaculite—a silica resource, in K.S. Johnson and J.A. Russell, eds., Thirteenth annual forum on the geology of industrial minerals: OGS Circular 79, p. 51-58.

Holden, P.N., P. Sundarararman, and M.J. Gaffey, 1991, Estimation of prophyrin concentration in the kerogen fraction of shales using high-resolution reflectance spectroscopy: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 55, p. 3893-3899.

Honess, C.W., 1923, Geology of the southern Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma, parts 1 and 2: OGS Bulletin 32, 355 p.

Horsfield, B., 1989, Practical criteria for classifying kerogens: some observations from pyrolysis-gas chromatography: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 53, p. 891-901.

Hoskins, J.H., and A.T. Cross, 1952, The petrifaction flora of the Devonian-Mississippian black shale: The Palaeobotanist, v. 1, p. 215-238.

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