MIGRATED PETROLEUM IN OUTCROPPING MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN SPITSBERGEN: ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL EXPLORATION

• Published in: Journal of Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Abay, T.B., Karlsen, D.A., Lerch, B., Olaussen, S., Pedersen, J.H., Backer‐Owe, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Agardhfjellet; Botneheia; Carolinefjellet; De Geerdalen; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Wilhelmøya; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12662; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjpg.12662; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpg.12662

The presence of migrated petroleum in outcropping rocks on Spitsbergen (Svalbard archipelago) has been known for several decades but the petroleum has not been evaluated by modern geochemical methods. This paper presents detailed organic geochemical observations on bitumen in outcrop samples from ce...