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Stratigraphic section showing nomenclature for the Yowlumne field area. The Stevens is an informal unit that represents a deep-marine, clastic facies of the Monterey Formation, an organic-rich shale that is considered to be the main source rock for mos...
Stratigraphic section showing nomenclature for the Yowlumne field area. The Stevens is an informal unit that represents a deep-marine, clastic facies of the Monterey Formation, an organic-rich shale that is considered to be the main source rock for most of the oil produced from the basin. From M. S. Clark, R. K. Prather, J. D. Melvin, 2003, Characterization and Exploitation of the Distal Margin of a Fan-shaped Turbidite Reservoir--The ARCO-DOE 91X-3 Horizontal Well Project, Yowlumne Field, San Joaquin Basin, California in AAPG Methods in Exploration No. 14: Horizontal Wells: Focus on the Reservoir, Edited by T. R. Carr, E. P. Mason, and C. T. Feazel.