Peters, K. E. et al. (1983): Programmed pyrolysis of organic matter from thermally altered Cretaceous black shales

Leg/Site/Hole:
DSDP 41
DSDP 41 368
Identifier:
1984-024970
georefid
10.1306/AD4608EB-16F7-11D7-8645000102C1865D
doi
Creator:
Peters, K. E.
Chevron Oil Field Res. Co., La Habra, CA, United States
author
Whelan, J. K.
Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst., United States
author
Hunt, J. M.
author
Tarafa, M. E.
author
Identification:
Programmed pyrolysis of organic matter from thermally altered Cretaceous black shales
1983
AAPG Bulletin
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, United States
67
11
2137-2146
Black shales from the Cape Verde Rise were penetrated by hot diabase sills during the Miocene. Characterization of the type of kerogen, its relative level of thermal maturity, the fraction of pyrolyzable organic compounds which are free, and the compositions of the bitumen and kerogen. Dominant factor affecting sediments appears to be thermal maturity. Hydrocarbon generation was restricted to within about 10 meters of the shale/sill contacts.--Modified journal abstract.
English
Serial
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:17.3024
West:-21.2112East: -21.2112
South:17.3024
Geochemistry of rocks, soils, and sediments; alteration; Atlantic Ocean; bitumens; black shale; Cape Verde Atlantic; Cape Verde Rise; chromatograms; clastic rocks; contact metamorphism; cores; Cretaceous; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 368; energy sources; experimental studies; gas chromatography; geochemistry; intrusions; kerogen; Leg 41; maturity; Mesozoic; metamorphism; North Atlantic; organic compounds; organic materials; pyrolysis; sedimentary rocks; sills; thermal alteration; thermal effects;
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