Bibliography of Oklahoma Asphalt
by Brian J. Cardott

Aurin, F., 1915, Asphalt of Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished M.A. thesis, 113 p.

Belt, B.C., 1910, The geology of the asphalt deposits of the vicinity of Ardmore, Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished B.A. thesis. Brand, U., 1989, Aragonite-calcite transformation based on Pennsylvanian mollusks: GSA Bulletin, v. 101, p. 377-390.

Brown, A.A., and J. Corrigan, 1997, Petroleum systems, Ardmore basin and Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Dallas Geological Society, Guidebook for Field Trip 2, AAPG Annual Convention, 88 p.

Bullard, F.M., 1925, Geology of Love County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 77 p. (asphalt deposits, p. 51-53).

Cardott, B.J., and J.R. Chaplin, 1993, Guidebook for selected stops in the western Arbuckle Mountains, southern Oklahoma: OGS Special Publication 93-3, 55 p.

Cardott, B.J., 2005, Overview of unconventional energy resources of Oklahoma, in B.J. Cardott, ed., Unconventional energy resources in the southern Midcontinent, 2004 symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 110, p. 7-18.

Crysdale, B.L., and C.J. Schenk, 1988, Bitumen-bearing deposits of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1784, 45 p.

Deaton, B.C., and W.L. Balsam, 1996, Determination of metalloporphyrins in rocks, sediments and other geological materials using total reflectance spectrophotometry: Organic Geochemistry, v. 24, p. 323-331. (Buckhorn asphalt, p. 324)

Goodrich, H.B., 2006, Oklahoma asphaltic deposits — field sheets and map (“The Goodrich File”): Oklahoma Geological Survey, Open File Report OF 2-2006, 133 p.

Goodrich, H.B., and L. Jordan, 2006, Asphalts, asphaltites, and asphaltic pyrobitumens in Oklahoma (“The Goodrich File”): Oklahoma Geological Survey, Open File Report OF 3-2006, 330 p.

Gorman, J.M., and G.M. Flint, Jr., 1944, Geologic map of the Dougherty asphalt area, Murray County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations map OM 15, scale 1:3,600.

Gorman, J.M., G.M. Flint, Jr., C.E. Decker, and W.E. Ham, 1944, Geologic map of the Sulphur asphalt area, Murray County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations map OM 22, scale 1:3,600

Gould, C.N.,L.L. Hutchison, and G. Nelson, 1908, Preliminary report on the mineral resources of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 1, 84 p. (asphalt, p. 23-26)

Harrison, W.E., J.A. Curiale, and J.F. Roberts, 1979, Investigation of Desmoinesian rocks in northeastern Oklahoma for heavy-oil potential, in N.J. Hyne, ed., Pennsylvanian sandstones of the Mid-Continent: Tulsa Geological Society, Special Publication No. 1, p. 337-347.

Harrison, W.E., J.F. Roberts, and L.J. Heath, 1981, Evaluation of heavy-oil potential of northeastern Craig and northwestern Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 81-4, 46 p. (see OGS Open-File Report 2081 for USDOE report)

Harrison, W.E., and M.R. Burchfield, 1983, Tar-sand potential of selected areas in Carter and Murray Counties, south-central Oklahoma: OGS Special Publication 83-3, 104 p.

Harrison, W.E., and M.R. Burchfield, 1987, Resource evaluation of selected tar-sand deposits in southern Oklahoma, in R.F. Meyers, ed., Exploration for heavy crude oil and natural bitumen: AAPG Studies in Geology 25, p. 571-588.

Heaney, M.J., and T.E. Yancey, 1991, Exceptional preservation of bivalved molluscs in the Buckhorn asphalt deposit (Pennsylvanian) of Oklahoma (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A166-A167.

Heaney, M.J., and T.E. Yancey, 1993, Preserved organic matrix from Pennsylvanian aged Buckhorn asphalt mollusca (abstract): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A-55.

Heaney, M.J., III, and T.E. Yancey, 1998, Conocardioid mollusks from the Buckhorn asphalt quarry of south-central Oklahoma: rostroconchs or Rostroconch Homeomorphic bivalves (abstract): GSA, Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 3, p. 7.

Honess, C.W., 1927, Geology of Atoka, Pushmataha, McCurtain, Bryan, and Choctaw Counties, in Oil and gas in Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 40-R, 32 p.

Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1984, Major tar sand and heavy oil deposits of the United States: Oklahoma City, Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 272 p. (chapter 6: south central Oklahoma, p. 127-136)

Johnson, K.S., M.R. Burchfield, and W.E. Harrison, 1984, Guidebook for Arbuckle Mountain field trip, southern Oklahoma: OGS Special Publication 84-1, 21 p.

Jordan, L., 1964, Petroleum-impregnated rocks and asphaltite deposits of Oklahoma: OGS, Map GM-8, scale 1:750,000.

Lin, L.H., G.E. Michael, G. Kovachev, H. Zhu, R.P. Philp, and C.A. Lewis, 1989, Biodegradation of tar-sand bitumens from the Ardmore and Anadarko Basins, Carter County, Oklahoma: Organic Geochemistry, v. 14, p. 511-523.

Mapes, R.H., G. Mapes, T.E. Yancey, and Z.H. Liu, 2000, Fossil plants from the Buckhorn Lagerstätte (Late Carboniferous-Desmoinesian) in southern Oklahoma (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-15.

Michael, G.E., L.H. Lin, R.P. Philp, C.A. Lewis, and P.J. Jones, 1989, Biodegradation of tar-sand bitumens from the Ardmore/Anadarko Basins, Oklahoma—II. Correlation of oils, tar sands and source rocks: Organic Geochemistry, v. 14, p. 619-633.

Miser, H.D., and A.H. Purdue, 1918, Asphalt deposits and oil conditions in southwestern Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 691-J, p. 271-292. (Arkansas asphalt)

Nutzel, A., T.E. Yancey, and R.H. Mapes, 2000, Exceptional preservation of gastropods in the Buckhorn Lagerstätte (Late Carboniferous-Desmoinesian), Buckhorn asphalt quarry, Oklahoma (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-97.

Olsen, D.K., and W.I. Johnson, 1993, Feasibility study of heavy-oil recovery in the mid-continent region (Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri), in K.S. Johnson and J.A. Campbell, eds., Petroleum-reservoir geology in the southern Midcontinent, 1991 symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 95, p. 163-172.

Palmer, S.E., 1991, Effect of biodegradation and water washing on crude oil composition, in R.K. Merrill, ed., Source and migration processes and evaluation techniques: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Handbook of Petroleum Geology, p. 47-54. (general reference)

Porter, E.S., 1911, The coal and asphalt of Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished B.A. thesis, 29 p.

Redfield, J.S., 1927, Mineral resources in Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 42, 130 p. (asphalt, p. 89-91)

Sadd, J.L., 1986, Petrology and geochemistry of the Buckhorn asphalt (Desmoinesian), Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Columbia, University of South Carolina, unpublished PhD dissertation, 157 p.

Sadd, J.L., N. Peterson, and C.G.St.C. Kendall, 1986, Origin of Buckhorn asphalt, Deese Group (Pennsylvanian), central Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma (abstract): AAPG Bulletin, v. 70, p. 643.

Sadd, J.L., 1991, Tectonic influences on carbonate deposition and diagenesis, Buckhorn asphalt, Deese Group (Desmoinesian), Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 61, p. 28-42.

Shelley, P.G., 1929, Accelerated weathering properties of Oklahoma asphalts: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 19, 37 p.

Snider, L.C., 1913, Rock asphalts of Oklahoma and their use in paving: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 5, 22 p.

Snider, L.C., 1917, Geography of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 27, 325 p. (asphalt, p. 102-105)

Squires, R.L., 1973, Burial environment, diagenesis, mineralogy, and Magnesium and strontium contents of skeletal carbonates in the Buckhorn asphalt of Middle Pennsylvanian age, Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma: Pasadena, California Institute of Technology, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 184 p.

Weber, J.L., 1988, Preliminary geochemical characterization of some Oklahoma tar-sand bitumens: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 48, p. 4-20.

Williams, D.B., 1983, Structural and geochemical study of the south Sulphur asphalt deposits, Murray County, Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished M.S. thesis, 163 p.

Williams, D.B., 1985, Structural and geochemical study of the south Sulphur asphalt deposits, Murray County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Geological Society, Shale Shaker, v. 36, p. 182-196.

Wilson, H.H., 2005, A review of geological data that conflict with the paradigm of catagenic generation and migration of oil: Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 28, p. 287-300.

Yancey, T.E., and M.J. Heaney, III, 1998, Ontogenetic development of pseudoconocardium (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 3, p. 34-35. (Buckhorn asphalt)

Yancey, T.E., M.J. Heaney III, R.H. Mapes, and A. Nutzel, 2000, Exceptional preservation of mollusks in the Buckhorn Lagerstätte (Late Carboniferous-Desmoinesian), Buckhorn quarry, southern Oklahoma (abstract): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-371.

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