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PANGAEA
In:
Supplement to: Rullkötter, Jürgen; Mukhopadhyay, Prasanta K; Hartung, Birgitta; Welte, Dietrich Hugo (1984): Geochemistry and petrography of organic matter in Cretaceous sediments from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 535 - preliminary results. In: Buffler, RT; Schlager, W; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 77, 489-493, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.77.115.1984
Publication Date:
2023-06-27
Description:
Organic geochemical and organic petrographic methods were used to study three Lower to middle Cretaceous sediment samples from Hole 535 in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico for organic matter contents and origin and level of maturation. All three samples contain mixed kerogen Type II/III organic matter with a maturity corresponding to about 0.4% vitrinite reflectance. The marine component increases with stratigraphic age, and microbial reworking of the organic matter is significant in each age. The lower two samples of Hauterivian to Valanginian age appear to be impregnated (or contaminated) with soluble polar organic compounds, but there is only a weak indication for the presence of more mature, nonindigenous hydrocarbons.
Keywords:
77-535; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Gulf of Mexico/BASIN; Leg77
Type:
Dataset
Format:
application/zip, 2 datasets
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