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Bibliography of Oklahoma Solid Hydrocarbons
by Brian J. Cardott

Abraham, H., 1960, Asphalts and allied substances (sixth edition, 5 volumes): New York, Van Nostrand Company, Inc. Beach, J.O., 1945, Oklahoma asphaltite deposits: Oklahoma Geological Survey, The Hopper, v. 5, p. 51-60.

Beach, J.O., 1947, Asphaltite of the Ouachita Mountains: Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, v. 27, p. 91-92.

Burrough, H.C., 1960, Surface geology of the Jumbo quadrangle, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished M.S. thesis, 131 p.

Campbell, J.A., 1990, Stop 11, Waldrop Ranch grahamite deposit, in N.H. Suneson, J.A. Campbell, and M.J. Tilford, eds., Geology and resources of the frontal belt of the western Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Special Publication 90-1, p. 67-70.

Cardott, B.J., N.H. Suneson, and C.A. Ferguson, 1989, The Page impsonite mine, Le Flore County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 49, p. 32-39.

Cardott, B.J., 1991, Organic petrology of epi-impsonite at Page, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Organic Geochemistry, v. 17, p. 185-191.

Cardott, B.J., T.E. Ruble, and N.H. Suneson, 1993, Nature of migrabitumen and their relation to regional thermal maturity, Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, in F. Goodarzi and R.W. Macqueen, eds., Geochemistry and petrology of bitumen with respect to hydrocarbon generation and mineralization: Energy Sources, v. 15, p. 239-267.

Crane, W.R., 1906, Asphaltic coals in the Indian Territory—forms of the deposits—methods of prospecting and mining: Mines and Minerals, v. 26, p. 252-255.

Curiale, J.A., and W.E. Harrison, 1981, Correlation of oil and asphaltite in Ouachita Mountain region of Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 65, p. 2426-2432.

Curiale, J.A., 1982, Economic geology of Pushmataha County, geochemical analyses of hydrocarbon occurrences in Pushmataha County, in W.D. Pitt, R.O. Fay, L.R. Wilson, and J.A. Curiale, Geology of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma: Eastern New Mexico University Studies in Natural Sciences, Special Publication 2, p. 58-60.

Curiale, J.A., 1983, Petroleum occurrences and source-rock potential of the Ouachita Mountains, southeastern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 135, 65 p.

Curiale, J.A., W.E. Harrison, and G. Smith, 1983, Sterane distribution of solid bitumen pyrolyzates. Changes with biodegradation of crude oil in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 47, p. 517-523.

Curiale, J.A., W.E. Harrison, and G. Smith, 1984, Hydrocarbon occurrences in the Frontal and Central Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, in J.G. Borger, II, ed., Technical Proceedings of the 1981 AAPG Mid-Continent Regional Meeting: Oklahoma City Geological Society, p. 90-115.

Curiale, J.A., 1986, Origin of solid bitumens, with emphasis on biological marker results: Organic Geochemistry, v. 10, p. 559-580.

Curiale, J.A., 1988, Biological markers in grahamites and pyrobitumens, in T.F. Yen and J.M. Moldowan, eds., Geochemical biomarkers: New York, Harwood Academic Publishers, p. 1-24.

Curiale, J.A., 1993, Occurrence and significance of metals in solid bitumens: an organic geochemical approach, in J. Parnell, H. Kucha, and P. Landais, eds., Bitumens in ore deposits: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 461-474.

Eldridge, G.H., 1901, The asphalt and bituminous rock deposits of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey 22nd Annual Report, Part 1, p. 209-464.

Fay, R.O., 1982, Asphaltite deposits in Pushmataha County, in W.D. Pitt, R.O. Fay, L.R. Wilson, and J.A. Curiale, Geology of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma: Eastern New Mexico University Studies in Natural Sciences, Special Publication 2, p. 46-58.

Fay, R.O., 1985, Ouachita Mountains field trip: Oklahoma City Geological Society Shale Shaker, v. 35, no. 3, p. 64-73.

Finkelman, R.B., and B.J. Cardott, 1993, Trace-element content of solid hydrocarbons from Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 53, p. 136-143.

Ham, W.E., 1956, Asphaltite in the Ouachita Mountains: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Mineral Report 30, 12 p.

Hendricks, T.A., M.M. Knechtel, and J. Bridge, 1937, Geology of Black Knob Ridge, Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 21, p. 1-29.

Honess, C.W., 1923, Geology of the southern Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma, part 2: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 32, 76 p. (asphaltite, p. 51-52)

Howell, J.V., and P.L. Lyons, 1959, Oil and gas possibilities of the Ouachita province, in L.M. Cline, W.J. Hilseweck, and D.E. Feray, eds., The geology of the Ouachita Mountains, a symposium: Dallas Geological Society and Ardmore Geological Society, p. 57-61.

Hunt, J.M., 1979, Petroleum geochemistry and geology: San Francisco, W.H. Freeman Co., 617 p.

Hutchison, L.L., 1911, Preliminary report on the rock asphalt, asphaltite, petroleum and natural gas in Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 2, 256 p.

Jacob, H., 1975, Mikroskopphotometrische analyse naturlicher fester erdolbitumina, in B. Alpern, ed., Petrographie de la matiere organique des sediments, relations avec la paleotemperature et le potentiel petrolier: Paris, Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, p. 103-113.

Jacob, H., and H. Wehner, 1981, Mikroskopphotometrische analyse disperser festbitumina in sedimenten: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Mineralolwissenschaft und Kohlechemie, DGMK-Projekt 232, 257 p.

Jacob, H., 1985, Disperse solid bitumens as an indicator for migration and maturity in prospecting for oil and gas: Erdol & Kohle Erdgas Petrochemie, v. 38, p. 365.

Jacob, H., 1989, Classification, structure, genesis and practical importance of natural solid oil bitumen (“migrabitumen”): International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 11, p. 65-79.

Jacob, H., 1993, Nomenclature, classification, characterization, and genesis of natural solid bitumen (migrabitumen), in J. Parnell, H. Kucha, and P. Landais, eds., Bitumens in ore deposits: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 11-27.

Johnson, R.H., Jr., 1959, Geology of Medicine Springs area, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, in Petroleum geology of southern Oklahoma, v. 2: AAPG, p. 287-301.

Jordan, L., 1964, Petroleum-impregnated rocks and asphaltite deposits of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Map GM-8. Krivanek, C.M., 1962, Aerial geology of Lane NE quadrangle, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Geological Society Shale Shaker, v. 12, no. 7, p. 2-21. (University of Oklahoma M.S. thesis, 1961)

Landis, C.R., and J.R. Castano, 1994, Maturation and bulk chemical properties of a suite of solid hydrocarbons: Organic Geochemistry, v. 22, p. 137-149.

McCollough, E.L., 1954, The geology of the Finley area, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma, unpublished M.S. thesis, 48 p.

Ruble, T.E., and R.P. Philp, 1992, A reevaluation of the geochemical characteristics of solid bitumens from the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 93, p. 337-342.

Ruble, T.E., M.D. Lewan, and B.J. Cardott, 1999, Uinta basin solid hydrocarbons: new data and new insights: TSOP Newsletter, v. 16, no. 3, p. 13-16.

Shannon, C.W., 1914, Mineral resources of Oklahoma and statistics of production from 1901 to 1914: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 22, part 2, p. 57-142. (uses of grahamite in Oklahoma, p. 100-102)

Shead, A.C., 1929, Chemical analyses of Oklahoma mineral raw materials: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 14, 138 p. (chemical analyses of asphaltites, p. 32-33, 93)

Taff, J.A., 1899, An albertite-like asphalt in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory: American Journal of Science, 4th Series, v. 8, p. 219-224.

Taff, J.A., 1909, Grahamite deposits of southeastern Oklahoma, in C.W. Hayes and W. Lindgren, Contributions to economic geology 1908: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 380, p. 286-297.