Preliminary catalog of the sedimentary basins of the United States

Abstract

One hundred forty-four sedimentary basins (or groups of basins) in the United States (both onshore and offshore) are identified, located, and briefly described as part of a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base in support of the Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration National Assessment Project (Brennan and others, 2010). This catalog of basins is designed to provide a check list and basic geologic framework for compiling more detailed geologic and reservoir engineering data for this project and other future investigations.

Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Arkoma Basin, Kansas Basins, and Midcontinent Rift Basin study areas

“…The Salina Basin ( fig. 6) covers a large area (about 10,700 mi 2 ) including an eastern portion of Nebraska and a north-central portion of Kansas (Coleman and Cahan, 2012). The basin is bounded to the west by the Cambridge arch and Central Kansas uplift, to the north by the Sioux arch, and to the east by the Nemaha uplift, whereas the southern boundary is a poorly defined structural saddle that separates it from the Sedgwick Basin (Evans, 1987;Prensky, 1995).…”

“…The Sedgwick Basin ( fig. 6) is a broad south-plunging shallow embayment of the Anadarko Basin and covers an area of about 9,900 mi 2 in south-central Kansas (Prensky, 1995;Coleman and Cahan, 2012). The basin is bounded to the west by the Central Kansas uplift, to the south by the Anadarko Basin, and to the east by the Nemaha anticline, whereas the northern boundary is poorly defined by the structural saddle dividing it from the Salina Basin (Prensky, 1995;Evans, 1987).…”

“…The Midcontinent Rift Basin (MCRB) is a large arcuate Mesoproterozoic rift zone that extends from southeastern Ontario, Canada, to northern Michigan and terminates in northeast Kansas and has an area of about 100,515 mi 2 (Coleman and Cahan, 2012) (fig. 10).…”

“…The boundary for this study area is derived from the basin outlines shown in Ojakangas and others (2001) and in Van Schmus and Hinze (1985). For most of its extent, the MCRB does not have a surface expression as a rift basin, and thus its boundaries and structure has been determined by gravity and aeromagnetic maps (Chandler and others, 1989), seismic profiles, and infrequent well penetrations; however, it is exposed in western Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and southeastern Minnesota (Coleman and Cahan, 2012). The MCRB is characterized by broad medial horsts, mainly comprising layered basaltic volcanic rock, bounded by highangle normal or reverse faults, and flanked by asymmetric half-graben-style basins mostly filled with sedimentary clastic rock, which may be as much as 30,000 ft thick (Palacas, 1995).…”

Geologic framework for the national assessment of carbon dioxide storage resources: Williston Basin, Central Montana Basins, and Montana Thrust Belt study areas

“…Residual trapping occurs at the pore scale, and buoyant trapping is analogous to stratigraphic and (or) structural hydrocarbon trapping. The minimum buoyant-trapping volume is determined from cumulative oil and gas production together with the known hydrocarbon reserve volume, whereas the most likely buoyant-trapping volume adds the minimum volume and the estimated volumes of undiscovered resources (Brennan and others, 2010 Peterson and MacCary, 1987;Anna and others, 2011;Coleman and Cahan, 2012). Study area boundaries were modified from the U.S. Geological Survey national oil and gas assessment (NOGA) of the Williston Basin Province (Anna and others, 2011).…”