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Resource Abstract:
- description: The depth to top of the Wilcox Group is contoured from location and top information derived from the Petroleum
Information (PI) Wells database. The depth to Wilcox map represents the tops found in the database with the addition of surface
geology from USGS maps and field data. The veracity of the PI Wells database is being checked by comparison to published cross
sections and geologic maps. Interpretation of the depth to Wilcox and apparent thickness maps along with published measured
sections and cross sections indicates that portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama contain broad areas where
a 20 to 40 foot net thickness of lignite and coal occur at shallow depths. The thicker coal zones are attributed to growth
faulting or rift zones influencing peat deposition. The depth to Wilcox map shows several areas where dome-like uplifts and
bench-like coal-bearing rock are buried to depths less than 5,000 ft.; abstract: The depth to top of the Wilcox Group is contoured
from location and top information derived from the Petroleum Information (PI) Wells database. The depth to Wilcox map represents
the tops found in the database with the addition of surface geology from USGS maps and field data. The veracity of the PI
Wells database is being checked by comparison to published cross sections and geologic maps. Interpretation of the depth to
Wilcox and apparent thickness maps along with published measured sections and cross sections indicates that portions of Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama contain broad areas where a 20 to 40 foot net thickness of lignite and coal occur at shallow
depths. The thicker coal zones are attributed to growth faulting or rift zones influencing peat deposition. The depth to Wilcox
map shows several areas where dome-like uplifts and bench-like coal-bearing rock are buried to depths less than 5,000 ft.
Citation
- Title Apparent Depth to the Wilcox Group, Gulf Coast (wlcxdpthg).
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- creation Date
2018-05-20T02:08:15.797029
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2018-08-06T21:02:48Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T21:02:48Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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Metadata language
eng
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:48096006-30cc-43be-be99-67dfe8f46711
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)