Petroleum source rock characteristics of the lower tertiary formations in the Eregli-Ulukisla basin, southern Central Anatolia, Turkey
PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.26, sa.4, ss.460-472, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10916460600809691
- Dergi Adı: PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.460-472
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Potential source rocks in the Eregli-Ulukisla basin include Campanian-Maastrichtian limestones and marls, Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene deep-marine shales, and Middle-Upper Eocene continental slope deposits, including shales and sandstones. Organic geochemical analyses and palynofacies observations show that the organic components in Upper Paleocene-Upper Eocene sediments are mainly coaly and woody, with minor herbaceous and algal-amorphous-like organic matter, indicating that they are terrigenous (mainly Type III and Type IV kerogen). The organic carbon content of these rocks ranges from 0.04 to 0.73%, and they have marginal source rock quality for oil generation. A plot of HI versus T-max values implies that the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene samples are in the early stage of oil generation, while the Middle-Upper Eocene samples are thermally immature. The pristane/phytane ratio for Tertiary samples corresponds to a transition from anoxic to oxic depositional conditions.