Non-exhaustive, arbitrary list of on-line Trenton Black-River information (as of 2006)
- compiled by Michael Hohn, WVGES, links updated as of 2/18/2011

Other Bibliographies

• NYS's Trenton Black River Reference List.

Government Announcements

• DEC Announces Continued High Gas Production in New York in 2003: Development of Trenton-Black River Formation Leads Production
• A new exploration concept to develop the hydrocarbon potential in Québec; 2003.
• DEC Announces Increase in Gas Production in New York in 2001: Development of Trenton-Black River Formation Leads to Highest Production Level in 15 Years; 2002.
• DOE/NETL Project Description

Abstracts

• Fault-Controlled Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs In Ordovician Trenton Black River Carbonates Of New York; L. B. Smith Jr, and R. Nyahay, 2004.
• Evolution of exploration, drilling and completion concepts for Appalachian Basin's Trenton-Black River Play; D.G. Patchen, and K.L. Avary, 2004.
• Fault-controlled hydrothermal alteration of carbonate reservoirs; L. B. Smith, 2004.
• 2003 CSPG CSEG Convention: Hydrothermal Dolomite and Related Reservoirs: Evolving Concepts and Successful Exploration, 2003
• Hydrothermal Dolomitization: a 5-Stage Reaction Sequence Model; Stanley B. Keith, Monte M. Swan, Jan C. Rasmussen, Dan P. Laux and K. C. Bennett, 2003.
• Hydrothermal Alteration of Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Fundamental Process; Langhorne Smith and Graham Davies, 2003.
• Hydrothermal Integrated Characterization of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs in Trenton-Black River Carbonates of New York; Langhorne B. Smith*, Courtney M. Lugert and Richard E. Nyahay, 2003.
• 182 Years After The Hart Well, The Trenton / Black River Carbonates Re-Ignite New York State's Natural Gas Industry; Martin, John P., And Smith, Langhorne B. Jr, 2003
• Recent Deep Drilling To The Upper Ordovician Trenton/Black River in West Virginia And Pennsylvania, USA; Avary, Katharine Lee, 2003.
• NE GSA, March 2003 Energy Resources of the Paleozoic I
• The Trenton-Black River Play -- An Historical Perspective; Keith, Brian D., 2003.
• Integrated Characterization Of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs In Trenton-Black River Carbonates Of New York; Smith, Langhorne B. Jr, 2003.
• New Life in an Old Basin: The Upper Ordovician Trenton-Black River Limestone, Appalachian Basin, USA; Katharine Lee Avary and Douglas G Patchen, 2002.
• Fracture Intensification Domains, Fracture Flow, And Trenton-Black River Faults In The Finger Lakes Region, NYS; Jacobi, Robert D., Fountain, John, Lugert, Courtney, Wehn, Karen, Nelson, Travis, Budney, Lucas, and Zybala, Jon, 2002.
• Hydrothermal Dolomites In Central Kentucky: Possible Analogs For Many Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Throughout The Eastern Midcontinent; Clay A.Wilcox, III, David C., Harris, and James A. Drahovzal, 2002.
• Recent Gas Discoveries and Activity in the Ordovician Trenton/Black River in West Virginia; K. L. Avary, 2001.

Publications

• Dolomitization, platform collapse, and reservoir development in Ordovician carbonates ofr Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence; G. Lynch and S. W. Trollope, 2001.
• The relation of dolomite associated with faults to the stratigraphy and structure of central Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1151-A, 19 p.; Black, D.F.B., MacQuown, W.C., and DeHaas, R.J., 1981.
• Trenton and Black River Carbonates in the Union Furnace Area of Blair and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania ; A Field Trip Guidebook for the Eastern Section AAPG Annual Meeting, September 10, 2003 and the PAPG Spring Field Trip, May 26, 2004; C. Laughrey, J. Kostelnik, D. Gold, A. Doden, J. Harper

Articles

• Canadians Eye the Prolific Trenton; AAPG Explorer article
• Trenton-Black River Driving Deep Exploration In Appalachian Basin
• AAPG Explorer article: "Trenton-Black River Play Expands
• 1999 news release

Presentations

• Evolution of Exploration, Drilling & Completion Concepts for Appalachian Basin's Trenton-Black-River Play; Douglas G. Patchen and Katharine Lee Avary, 2003

Theses

• 3-D Seismic-Based Definition of Fault-Related Porosity Development Trenton-Black River Interval, Saybrook, Ohio; Justine A. Sagan and Bruce S. Hart, Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2005
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