Accumulation of Organic Matter in the Rome Trough of the Appalachian Basin and Its Subsequent Thermal History: Discussion

Abstract

666 This discussion is intended to correct a major error of fact concerning the organic carbon concentration of the lower Huron Member of the Ohio Shale in eastern Kentucky. Figure 2 of Curtis and Faure (1997) showed a map of total organic carbon concentrations in the lower Huron Shale, based on data collected for the Gas Research Institute. This map is essentially identical to those previously published by Curtis (1988, his plate II) and Curtis (1990, his figure