Abstract
One of the problems that confront the geologist is the source material for the pool accumulations of petroleum and natural gas. This paper deals with the findings, in Ohio, in limestones, dolomites, and calcareous shales, in a wide section from the Point Pleasant limestone in the Ordovician system to the Delaware limestone in the Devonian. These rocks were carefully sampled and analyzed, the results being representative of the materials throughout the section. Aside from the other components, the analyses give the content of carbon and hydrogen held in the organic paraffine compounds derived from the oily or fatty matter of the original animal life. From these determinations the total amount of natural petroleum per acre for that particular bed is calculated. The thicknes of rocks thus covered is 1,160 feet. The results show a wide distribution of such matter and a low total quantity.
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