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Science 28 May 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4549, pp. 980 - 982
DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4549.980
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Hydrocarbon Resources of the Eastern Overthrust Belt: A Realistic Evaluation

ROBERT D. HATCHER JR. 1

1 Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208

By considering the present occurrence of hydrocarbons, past geologic conditions, and timing of deposition, deformation, and metamorphism, realistic limits to hydrocarbon occurrences in the Appalachians may be defined. Additional consideration of thermal gradients and present depths to possible sedimentary rocks in the footwall beneath the Blue Ridge—Piedmont overthrust indicates that hydrocarbon stability is unlikely beneath much of it today.

Submitted on December 14, 1981
Revised on February 5, 1982

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