Arkoma Basin

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The Arkoma Basin is a geologic sedimentary basin in the south-central United States, primarily in Arkansas and Oklahoma, known for its Paleozoic rock formations and significant natural gas and petroleum resources.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arkoma Basin canonical 2
Anadarko Basin province 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic basin ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
adjacentTo Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
Ozark Plateau ⓘ
containsStratigraphy Devonian rocks ⓘ
Mississippian rocks ⓘ
Ordovician rocks ⓘ
Pennsylvanian rocks ⓘ
Silurian rocks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedByIndustry oil and gas companies ⓘ
economicImportance major gas-producing province ⓘ
petroleum exploration area ⓘ
extendsInto eastern Oklahoma ⓘ
western Arkansas ⓘ
formedDuring Pennsylvanian period ⓘ
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
hasBasinFill thick clastic sediments ⓘ
hasDepositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
marine ⓘ
hasExplorationHistorySince early 20th century ⓘ
hasHydrocarbonTraps stratigraphic traps ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ
hasResourceType crude oil ⓘ
hydrocarbons ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
hasRockType limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle folded and faulted strata ⓘ
isSubjectOf petroleum geology studies ⓘ
stratigraphic analysis ⓘ
structural geology research ⓘ
knownFor Paleozoic rock formations ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
petroleum resources ⓘ
locatedIn Arkansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
south-central United States ⓘ
partOf Interior Highlands ⓘ
relatedTo Ouachita orogeny ⓘ
tectonicSetting foreland basin ⓘ
underlies Arkansas River Valley region ⓘ
usedFor natural gas production ⓘ
petroleum production ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ouachita orogeny → affected → Arkoma Basin ⓘ
Ardmore Basin → partOf → Anadarko Basin province ⓘ
subject linked to: Ardmore Basin (geologic)
linked to: Arkoma Basin
Interior Coal Province → contains → Arkoma Basin ⓘ