Coal characteristics and biomarker investigations of Dombayova coals of Late Miocene-Pliocene age (Afyonkarahisar-Turkey)

BECHTEL A., KARAYİĞİT A. İ., BULUT Y., MASTALERZ M., SACHSENHOFER R. F.

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, vol.94, pp.52-67, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 94
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.12.008
  • Journal Name: ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.52-67
  • Keywords: Biomarker, Micro-FTIR, Dombayova coal, Coal facies, Paleovegetation, ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, TRITERPENOID HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, ANCIENT SEDIMENTS, LAKE-SEDIMENTS, MACERALS, PETROGRAPHY, DIAGENESIS, CHEMISTRY, PERYLENE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In Dombayova graben (Dinar-Afyonkarahisar, western Turkey) a 203-m-thick coal-bearing zone of Late Miocene to Pliocene age was recently drilled. The zone hosts several coal beds with a total thickness of 46 m. Coal samples from the Dombayova field were studied by means of standard proximate, ultimate, petrological analyses, micro-FTIR spectroscopy and Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and organic geochemical analyses.