Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7573
Title: Organic geochemical and isotopic (C and N) characterization of carbonaceous rocks of the Denizli Area, Western Turkey
Authors: Koralay, Demet Banu
Keywords: Biomarkers
Carbonaceous rock
Depositional environment
Hayrettin formation
Biogeochemistry
Biological materials
Deposition
Organic compounds
Peat
Biomarker distributions
Maturity parameters
Organic matter content
Suboxic environment
Total Organic Carbon
Vitrinite reflectance
Rocks
biomarker
carbon isotope
depositional environment
isotopic composition
lignite
nitrogen isotope
organic carbon
organic geochemistry
organic matter
paleoenvironment
peat
vitrinite reflectance
Denizli [Turkey]
Turkey
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract: The sediments under examination constitute part of the Hayrettin Formation expanding to the northwest of Acigöl (Denizli/Turkey) containing coal. The aims of this study are to assess the organic matter content (Corg, %), type, maturity and established paleoenvironment of deposition based primarily on Rock-Eval pyrolysis data, biomarker distributions and ?13C, ?15N values. The total organic carbon (Corg, %) contents of carbonaceous rocks range from 0.21% to 39.61%, and hydrogen index (HI) values are between 25 and 174mgHC/g rock. The samples studied contain type III organic matter (OM). Tmax values for the Hayrettin carbonaceous rocks range from 400 to 437°C. Vitrinite reflectance values (Ro) are between 0.26% and 0.36%, and these values reveal that the carbonaceous rocks are at peat-lignite coal stage. On the basis of biomarker maturity parameters, these rocks are immature. The high pristane/phytane (Pr/Ph) ratios (0.79-7.85), low C35 homohopane index (0.02-0.07) indicates that carbonaceous rocks were deposited in a suboxic environment. ?13C (range from -26.06‰ to -23.88‰ ) and ?15N (range from 2.63‰ to 3.33‰ ) values, high concentrations of C29 steranes (C29>C28>C27) and C26/C25 tricyclic terpane ratios (1.00 and 1.18) indicate that these carbonaceous rocks formed in a peat-swamp environment. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7573
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.02.020
ISSN: 0920-4105
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