Research Cores
These research cores were collected by Exxon Production Research in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s behind key outcrops to test models of depositional facies and sequence stratigraphy. These cores were instrumental in developing concepts such as high-frequency sequence stratigraphy, parasequences, and depositional models for shoreface, deltas, and deepwater fans. These data have been released by ExxonMobil, and are the best available for each core.
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Morrison Formation, fluvial facies
Salt Wash 1Fluvial and paleosols from the Salt Wash Mbr, Morrison Fm. Near Green River, Utah | Shootaring Canyon 1Fluvial and paleosols from the Salt Wash Mbr , Morrison Fm. Southeastern Utah | Bentonite Mine 1Fluvial and paleosols from the Salt Wash Mbr , Morrison Fm. Near Grand Junction, Colorado |
Mostly coastal facies
Blaze Canyon 1Shoreface, fluvial, incised valley fills. Utah Upper Blackhawk Fm. and Castlegate Ss. Near Thompson Springs | Sego Canyon 2Shoreface, fluvial, tidal, and incised valley fills. Sego Fm. (cores 1, 2) and upper Blackhawk Fm. to Castlegate Ss. (core 3). Near Thompson Springs, Utah | Price River C UpperShoreface parasequences, Blackhawk Fm. Near Helper, Utah | Price River ADelta parasequence, Panther Tongue Fm. Near Helper, Utah | Price River BDelta parasequence, Panther Tongue Fm. Near Helper, Utah | Price River C LowerDelta parasequence, Panther Tongue Fm. Near Helper, Utah |
Deepwater facies
Berryessa Peak 1Venado Sandstone channel fills. Berryessa Peak, California | Buena Vista 1 & 2Brushy Canyon Formation, channel fills. 130 km west of Pecos, Texas | Colleen Canyon 1Brushy Canyon Formation, channel to lobe facies 130 km west of Pecos, Texas |
