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Special Publications

Surface and Near Surface Geochemical Methods in Petroleum Exploration
Special Publication No. 1, June 1985

Introduction - Ronald W. Klusman

Overview On Verticle Migration and Surface Expression of Petroleum - Martin J. Davidson

Some Methods of Incorporating Remote Sensing and Surface Prospecting With Hydrocarbon Exploration - David M. Richers

Near-Surface Hydrocarbons and Non-Hydrocarbon Gases in Petroleum Exploration - Leo Horvitz

Vegetation Response to Geochemical Stress: An Overview - Barrett N. Rock

Stable Isotopes in Petroleum Exploration, Oxygen Isotopes - Terrence J. Donovan

Stable Carbon Isotopes and Exploration for Petroleum - Leo Horvitz

A Review of Geophysical Methods for Detection of Alteration Chimneys Associated with Hydrocarbon Accumulations - Roger Kolvoord

Integration of Surface and Near Surface Techniques in an Oil and Gas Exploration Program - Terrence J. Donovan

Bibliography of Speakers

Bibliography on Surface and Near-Surface Geochemical Methods in Petroleum Exploration - Ronald W. Klusman

 

Bibliography For Surface and Near Surface Hydrocarbon Prospecting Methods
Special Publication No. 2 (Second Edition), 1994

 

Radiometric Surveys in Petroleum Exploration
Special Publication No. 3, 1995

Editors Introduction - Roger M. McCoy

Overview of Radiometrics and Related Surface Methods for Petroleum Exploration - Donald F. Saunders

Radiation Anomalies: Radiometrics Proposed for Exploration - Part 1

Radiation Anomalies: Radiometrics Proposed for Exploration - Part 2 - F.E. Armstrong and R.J. Heemstra

Evaluation of Surface Gamma Radiation Surveys for Petroleum Exploration in the Deep Powder River Basin, Wyoming - William H. Curry III

Results of a Thermoluminescence Radiometric Survey in Takala Area of China's Tarim Basin - Frederic R. Siegal, J. Eduardo Vaz and Su Jiangyu

Developments in Exploration Radiometrics - Clay Kilmer

Review of Radiometric Techniques in Petroleum Exploration - R.S. Foote

Radiometrics for the Petroleum Explorationist - Alton V. Gallagher

Improving the Quality of Radiometric Data - Jerome G. Morse

Relation of Thorium-Normalized Surface and Aerial Radiometric Data to Subsurface Petroleum Accumulations - D.F. Saunders, K.R. Burson, J.F. Branch, and C.K. Thompson

Tests of Australian Aerial Radiometric Data for Use in Petroleum Reconnaissance - D.F. Saunders, J.F. Branch, and C.K. Thompson

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APGE Bulletins

Volume 1, Number 1, December 1985 - Editor Raymond E. Langen

Correcting Soil Gas Helium Concentrations For Diurnal Variations - G.M. Reimer and A.A. Roberts

Petroleum Microseeps in Precambrian Granite, Southeastern Front Range, Colorado: Preliminary Data - A.F. Jacobs and J. Fisher

The Genesis of Radiometric Anomalies Above Petroleum Accumualtions - J. Fisher

Optimization of Soil Gas Field Collection Techniques Based on Experimental Studies - M. Dzieniewicz, J. Kusmierek, and T. Rusta

Bell Creek Oil Field, Montana: A Further Geochemical Confirmation - W. Duchscherer, Jr.

Combining Remote Sensing and Geochemistry to Estimate Oil Production in the Uinta Basin - M.J. Havertz and R.M. McCoy

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Volume 2, Number 1, December 1986 - Editor David M. Cole

The Use of Iodine in Geochemical Exploration for Hydrocarbons - S. Allexan, J. Fausnaugh, C. Goudge, S. Tedesco

Landsat Image Enhancement for Tonal Anomalies - K. Morgan, D. Koger, D. Dees

Near Surface Magnetic Indicators of Buried Hydrocarbons: Aeromagnetic Detection and Separation of Spurious Signals - T. J. Donovan, D.P. O'Brien, J.G. Bryan, K.I. Cunningham

Combined Near Surface Geochemical and Seismic Methods for Petroleum Exploration: Evidence for Vertical Migration - G.K. Rice

Lineaments, Fractures, and Surface Geochemical Surveys Applied to Well Site Evaluation in the Altamont-Bluebell Field, Uinta Basin, Utah - R.M. McCoy, K. Clem, M.J. Havertz

Hydrocarbon Distribution Patterns over Uranium Deposits: Implications for Surface Petroleum Geochemical Prospecting Techniques - J.L. Fisher

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Volume 3, Number 1, December 1987 - Editor David M. Cole

Microbial Oil Survey Technique (MOST) Evaluation of New Field Wildcat Wells in Kansas - F.W. Beghtel, D.O. Hitzman, K.R. Sundberg

Application fo the delta-C Method to Caldonia and Walbanger Fields, Elbert County, Colorado - W. Duchscherer, L. Mashburn

Fracture Control of Radon Leakage, Moreland Hills, Ohio: Implications for Shale Gase Exploration - P.O. Banks, D.T. Ghahremani

Fracture Control of Surface Geochemical Anomaly Pattern - J. Sandy

Use of the Empirical Distribution Function in the Estimation of Boundaries of Anomalous Subpopulations - R.J. Smith, III

Aeromagnetic Map Gradient Filters and Oil and Gas Pools in East Tennesse - H.R. Beaver

Correlations of Borehole Rock Magnetic Properties with Oil and Gas Producing Areas - R.S. Foote

Time for Improving Exploration Economics - R.G. Behrman, Jr.

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Volume 4, Number 1, December 1988 - Editor Kenneth R. Sundberg

Organic Carbon Contamination and the delta C Method of Geochemical Hydrocarbon Prospecting - W. Duchscherer, Jr.

Hydrocarbons in Near Surface Sand: A Geochemical Survey of the Dolphin Field in North Dakota - E.P. Horvitz, Sha Ma

Correlations of Oil and Gas Producing Areas with Magnetic Properties of the Upper Rock Column, Eastern Colorado - R.S. Foote, G.J. Long

Ethylene and Propylene in Soil Gas: Occurence, Sources, and Impact on Interpretation of Exploration Geochemical Data - W.L. Ullom

The Use of Radiometrics with Soil Gas Geochemistry to Define and Delineate Hoing Sandstone Reservoirs in the Western Illinois Basin - S.A. Tedesco

Ballina Plantation Prospect, Louisiana: A Case Study in Fluorescence Geochemical Exploration - C.F. Herbert

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Volume 5, Number 1, December 1989 - Editor Kenneth R. Sundberg

Evidence for a Relationship between Hydrocarbon Migration and Diagenetic Magnetic Minerals: Implications for Petroleum Exploration - R.D. Elmore, R. McCollum, M.H. Engel

Magnetic Detection of Hydrocarbon Microcseepage in a Frontier Exploration Region - W.E. Henry

Simplified Evaluation of Soil Magnetic Susceptibility and Soil Gas Hydrocarbon Anomalies - D.F. Saunders

Application of Iodine Surface Geochemistry in the Denver-Julesburg Basin - S.A. Tedesco, C.K. Goudge

The Discrimination of Limonitic Anomalies in Southeastern Colorado - D.M. Cole

The Use of Hydrocarbon Analysis of Drill Cuttings - R.G. Behrman

The Effect of High Soil Conductivity on Headspace Gas Sampling Techniques - J.M. Fausnaugh

Effects of Soil Characteristics on Adsorbed Hydrocarbon Data - P.L. Blanchette

Interpretation of Methane Carbon Isotopes Extracted from Surficial Marine Sediments for Detection of Subsurface Hydrocarbons - M.A. Abrams

C13 / C12 Isotope Ratios of Methane in Near-Surface Sand: A Study of the Dolphin Field in North Dakota - M. Ma, E.P. Horvitz

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Volume 6, Number 1, December 1990 - Editor David M. Richers

Relationship of Surface Magnetic Susceptibility Variations to Hydrocarbons and Surface Structure - Robert H. Barton

Multispectral Imagery (LANDSAT) Hydrocarbon Alteration Signature: Definition of the Signature Based on Studies of Probable Hydrocarbon Microseepage in tthe United States Mid-Continent - K.R. Sundberg

Multispectral Imagery (LANDSAT) Hydrocarbon Alteration Signature: Prospect Leads in the Haswell-Kit Carson Area of Eastern Colorado - K.R. Sundberg and H.A. Tiedemann

High Order Principal Components: More Information About Lithological Background - Ding Yuan

Regional Appraisal of Brine Chemistry in the Albion Group Sandstones (Silurian) of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio - D.I. Siegal, R.J. Szustakowski, and S. Frape

Mineral Matrix Effects During Analytical Pyrolysis of Source Rocks - H. Dembicki, Jr.

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Volume 7, Number 1, December 1991 - Editor David M. Richers

Spatially Filtered Maps: A Method for Revealing Subsurface Features as an Aid for Geochemical Interpretation - J.E. Robinson, H.A.K. Charlesworth

A Comparison of Micromagnetic and Surface Geochemical Survey Results - J.P. Land, Sr.

Estimated Soil Properties and Observed Hydrocarbon Soil Gases: Theory, Application, and Examples; Part I: Interstitial Soil Gas - R.J. Smith, III, P.L. Blanchette

A Soil Gas Geochemical Survey of Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada - D.M. Richers, J.H. Landrum, Bin Li

Surface Geochemical Exploration in Australia: Case Histories from the Eromanga and Canning Basins - B.C. Severne, G.D. Langford, P.K. Fullagar

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Volume 8, Number 1, December 1992 - Editor Gary K. Rice

Bulletin Dedication to Martin J. Davidson

Effusive Microseepage: A First Approximation Model for Light Hydrocarbon Movement in the Subsurface - Gerald K. Arp

Near-Surface Soil and Plant Chemical Properties over a Deep, Structurally Complex Reservoir ( Lodgepole Oil Field, Summit County, Utah) - Lallie F. Scott and Roger McCoy

Significance of Near Surface Magnetic Anomalies over Clarita Prospect, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma - Mustafa Saribudak

Soil Gas Helium Surveys for Petroleum Exploration in Kansas - John P. Walters and Kenneth R. Sundberg

Hydrocarbon - Induced Mineralogic and Geochemical Alteration, Turkey Creek, Colorado - Jeffrey C. Reid, Bruce S. Campbell, and Suzanne D. Ulrich

Geochemical Contracts: Focal Points for Project Success - Peter K.H. Groth

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Volume 9, Number 1, December 1993 - Editor Gary K. Rice

Mitigation of Drilling Risk with Near Surface Hydrocarbon Detection, A Case Study: Gulf of Suez, Egypt - J.L. Gevirtz and J.M. Vargo

Integrated Surface Methods Profiles, Two East Texas Fields - D.F. Saunders, K.R. Burson and J.F. Branch

Probability Mapping of Multi-Element Concentrations in Vegetation and Soil Associated with Oil Fields - R.M. McCoy

A Limited Data Set Comparison of Headspace Soil Gas and the "MOST" Biogeochemical Technique to Evaluate Drill Site Potential - P.B. Trost

Microbial-Soil Surveying: Preliminary Results and Implications for Surface Geochemical Oil Exploration - L.C. Price

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Volume 10, Number 1, December 1994 - Editor Roger M. McCoy

Stable Isotope Evidence of Vertical Hydrocarbon Microseepage, Little Buffalo Basin Oil Field, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming - B.H. Bammel, C.P. Chamberlain, R.W. Birnie

Hydrocarbon Induced Diagenetic Aureoles (HIDA): Indicators of Deeper Leaky Reservoirs - Z. Al-Shaieb, J. Cairns, J. Puckette

Induced Polarization Anomalies Associated with Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Three Case Studies - B.S. Campbell

A Surface Geochemical Study of the Ezzaouia Field Area, Zarzis Peninsula, Tunisia - D. Richers, L. Maxwell, P.E. Price

The Occurrence of Wet Hydrocarbon Gases and Bitumens in the Coastal Plain of the Central Savannah River Area, South Carolina and Georgia - D. Richers, D. Wyatt, V. Price, Jr., R.J. Pirkle

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Volume 11, Number 1, December 1998 - Editor David M. Richers

Does Microseepage of Methane and Light Hydrocarbons Contribute to the Atmospheric Budget of methane and to Global Climate Change - Ronald W. Klusman, M. Emmelyn Jakel, and Michael P. LeRoy

Soil Gas Surveys Help Delineate Hydrocarbon Impacted Sites - John Q. Belt, Jr., Gary K. Rice, and Susanne M. Richard

Oil and Gas Exploration in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Opportunities for Non-Invasive Geochemical and Remote Sensing Methods - Dietmar Schumacher

Offshore Sniffer Survey: High Island Area, Gulf of Mexico - Victor T. Jones

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