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Full Title Here in All Caps in a Format SPECTROMETRY AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED OUTCROPS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IN THE OZARK REGION OF NORTH AMERICA By AYODEJI OLUSEUN BAMIJOKO Bachelor of Science in Geology University of Ado Ekiti Ado Ekiti, Nigeria 2005 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE May, 2010 SPECTROMETRY AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED OUTCROPS OF THE CHATTANOOGA SHALE IN THE OZARK REGION OF NORTH AMERICA Thesis Approved: Dr. Darwin Boardman Thesis Adviser Dr. Jim Puckette Dr. Alex Simms Dr. A. Gordon Emslie Dean of the Graduate College ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Firstly, I would like to express my profound gratitude to God almighty for endowing me the knowledge of completing this research work. I wish to appreciate my advisor, Dr. Darwin Boardman for his support and critique throughout the period of this project. More importantly I would like to thank him for taking time to go to the field with me at the initial stage of this thesis. Without mincing words, I want to say a big thank you to my advisory committee members Dr Jim Puckette and Dr Alex Simms for their time in critiquing this project. Also I will like to extend my sincere appreciation to Dr. Cruse for her help in getting the geochemical aspect of this project done. Special thanks go to my parents Mr. & Mrs. Claudius Bamijoko for their financial support and words of encouragement throughout my staying in this citadel of learning. Also to my fellow colleagues I say thank you for your words of encouragement throughout our time together in Stillwater. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my friend Tola Alase for his support throughout my field work. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I ...................................................................................................................... 13 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 13 1.0 PREAMBLE ............................................................................................................. 13 1.1 OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................. 14 1.2 IMPORTANCE OF GAMMA RAY ................................................................................ 15 1.3 IMPORTANCE OF TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATION ................................. 15 1.4 LOCATION OF STUDY AREA .................................................................................... 16 1.5 GEOLOGIC SETTING ............................................................................................... 22 1.6 STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP ............................................................................. 24 1.7 DEPOSITIONAL SETTINGS ....................................................................................... 27 1.8 EXTENT AND THICKNESS ....................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER II ..................................................................................................................... 30 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ........................................................................................... 30 2.0 DEFINITION ............................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III ................................................................................................................... 39 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 39 3.0 FIELD TECHNIQUES ................................................................................................ 39 iv 3.1 GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENT ................................................................................ 39 3.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMMA RAY ................................................................................. 46 3.3 LABORATORY TECHNIQUES ................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV ................................................................................................................... 50 FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................ 50 4.1 JANE MISSOURI ...................................................................................................... 50 4.1.1 LOWER UNIT .............................................................................................. 53 4.1.2 MIDDLE UNIT ............................................................................................ 53 4.1.3 UPPER UNIT................................................................................................ 53 4.1.4 BACHELOR SHALE ................................................................................... 54 4.1.5 COMPTON LIMESTONE ........................................................................... 54 4.1.6 TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC) CONCENTRATION ...................... 54 4.1.7 Gamma-Ray Characteristics ......................................................................... 55 4.1.8 Relationship between total carbon and gamma ray ...................................... 60 4.2 BELLA VISTA ARKANSAS ....................................................................................... 61 4.2.1 LOWER UNIT .................................................................................................. 65 4.2.2 Middle Unit ................................................................................................... 65 4.2.3 Upper Unit .................................................................................................... 65 4.2.4 Bachelor Shale .............................................................................................. 66 4.2.5 Compton Limestone ...................................................................................... 66 4.2.6 Total organic carbon (TOC) concentration ................................................... 66 4.2.7 Gamma-Ray Concentration .......................................................................... 67 4.2.8 Relationship between total carbon and gamma ray ...................................... 71 4.3 NO HEAD HOLLOW, OKLAHOMA ........................................................................... 71 4.3.1 UPPER UNIT ................................................................................................... 73 4.3.2 MIDDLE UNIT................................................................................................. 73 4.3.3 LOWER UNIT .................................................................................................. 74 v 4.3.4 FITE LIMESTONE ............................................................................................ 75 4.3.5 FERNVALE LIMESTONE .................................................................................. 76 4.3.6 BACHELOR SHALE ......................................................................................... 76 4.3.7 COMPTON LIMESTONE ................................................................................... 76 4.3.8 TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON ............................................................................. 76 4.3.9 Total Gamma Ray Characteristics ................................................................ 77 4.3.10 Relationship between TOC and Total gamma ray values ............................. 77 4.3.11 LOWER UNIT .................................................................................................. 83 4.3.12 MIDDLE UNIT................................................................................................. 83 4.3.13 UPPER UNIT ................................................................................................... 84 4.3.14 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL GAMMA VALUE AND TOC ........................... 84 4.4 HANGING WALL ROCK, OKLAHOMA ..................................................................... 89 4.4.1 LOWER UNIT .................................................................................................. 90 4.4.2 MIDDLE UNIT................................................................................................. 91 4.4.3 UPPER UNIT ................................................................................................... 91 4.4.4RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL GAMMA VALUE AND TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON ... 91 CHAPTER V .................................................................................................................... 99 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 99 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 103 vi LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL ORGANIC CONCENTRATION AND GAMMA RAY VALUES OF HOT SILURIAN SHALES IN NORTH AFRICA AND ARABIA. ....................................................... 58 TABLE 2: TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT OF JANE MISSOURI CHATTANOOGA SHALE. NOTE: THE VALUE OF THE TOC IS HIGHEST AT THE MIDDLE UNIT. .. 59 TABLE 3: TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL GAMMA RAY CONTENT OF JANE MISSOURI CHATTANOOGA SHALE. NOTE: THE VALUE OF THORIUM IS HIGHER THAN THAT OF URANIUM. ........................ 60 TABLE 4: TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATION OF
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