Friends of Barrington, Yates County, New York
     
     
     
   
 
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GEOLOGY & HYDROFRACKING




The Devonian Era:
Acadian Mountains, Erosion, The Catskill Delta,
& Marcellus Shale



Where Did the Marcellus Shale Come From.......... How Old and Deep Is it?

 
   
 

The Devonian Period in Historic-Geologic Context

The Devonian Period (410-360 MYA)   (Wikopedia)

The Acadian Mountains, The Catskill Delta, and
the Devonian Deposition of Sediments in the Finger Lakes Region

Devonian World

 

Catskill Delta

 

Acadian Deposition

Courtesy:    "Geology of New York: A Simplified Account". NYS Museum, 2000, p. 119

 
The "Tilt "of the Layers in New York State 
(Bob Gillespie: "Rebuilding New York" )
  The Geology of the Marcellus Shale:
"Why Geology Matters" (PRI)
 
Stratiography (Layer Chart)
 

USGS: "Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale"

    Geology of the Marcellus Shale & Gas Well Drilling (Slide Show)
 
Geologic Gas Formations of New York State
     (Tioga Gas Lease - Excellent site.)
  The Marcellus Shale
  Update on Regional Assessment of Gas Potential Marcellus and Utica Shale in NYS
 


The Marcellus Shale
 

The Utica Shale
 
Rick Almindinger Stuff
     (Marcellus Shale and Well Maps
  " Utica Shale:
The Natural Gas Giant Belowthe Marcellus
"
 
Marcellus Center for Outreach & Research  (MCOR) - Penn State University
   
   
   
   
  Northwest Savings Bank:: Marcellus and Utica Shale: Dry and Wet Gas:
Interactive Oil & Gas Shale Map   & Explanation
 

 Utica and Marcellus Shale Potential in NYS: Taury Smith and Jim Leone   (NYS Musuem)




     
     
     
 
   
 

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