Rhenium-osmium geochronology and isotopic systematics in New Zealand source rocks and oils

• Main Author: Enock Rotich (8514441)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Isotope Geochemistry; Geochronology; Petroleum and Coal Geology; Rhenium; Osmium; Source rocks; Oils; Isotopes; Taranaki Basin; East Coast Basin; Coals; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040203 Isotope Geochemistry; 040309 Petroleum and Coal Geology; 040303 Geochronology; 850103 Oil and Gas Exploration; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; New Zealand; North Cape; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17151119.v1

The Re-Os radiogenic isotope system has over the past three decades been successfully applied to organic-rich sedimentary rocks and oils as a geochronometer and geochemical tracer. The Re-Os geochronometer has provided a direct way of constraining the depositional age of organic-rich sediments as we...