Cool, T. et al. (2008): Hydrocarbon source rock assessment and revised biostratigraphy of DSDP Site 369A, offshore northwest African margin

Leg/Site/Hole:
DSDP 41
DSDP 41 369
Identifier:
2010-082266
georefid
10.1111/j.1747-5457.2008.00411.x
doi
Creator:
Cool, T.
Chevron International Exploration Company, Houston, TX, United States
author
Katz, B.
Chevron Energy Technology Company, United States
author
Dignes, T.
Reimers Research, United States
author
Reimers, D.
author
Fleisher, R.
author
Identification:
Hydrocarbon source rock assessment and revised biostratigraphy of DSDP Site 369A, offshore northwest African margin
2008
Journal of Petroleum Geology
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of Scientific Press, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom
31
2
117-133
New organic geochemical and biostratigraphic data for cores covering the Albian-Campanian interval at DSDP site 369A, offshore Aaium-Tarfunn basin, NW Africa, are integrated with limited data previously acquired. Organic geochemical investigations focussed on relatively dark-coloured core intervals and comprised initial screening for TOC content and subsequent Rock-Eval pyrolysis. The TOC contents ranged up to 11.5 %, significantly higher than previous results (6 % maximum) when lighter-coloured lithologies had been selectively sampled. Rock-Eval pyrolysis indicated the presence of Type II kerogen. The profile of TOC content vs. depth over the studied interval showed cyclical variations.
English
Serial
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:26.3533
West:-14.5955East: -14.5955
South:26.3533
Economic geology, geology of energy sources; Stratigraphy; Aaiun-Tarfaya Basin; Africa; Albian; algae; Atlantic Ocean; basin analysis; basins; biochemistry; biostratigraphy; burial; calcareous composition; Cenozoic; chemical composition; Cretaceous; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 369; Foraminifera; geochemistry; Invertebrata; Leg 41; Lower Cretaceous; Mesozoic; microfossils; nannofossils; North Africa; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; offshore; organic compounds; petroleum; petroleum exploration; Plantae; Protista; sedimentary basins; Tertiary; total organic carbon; Western Sahara;
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