Hydrothermal circulation and oil migration at the root of the heterogeneous micro-structure of carbonaceous material in the 2.0 Ga Zaonega Formation, Onega Basin, Russia

• Published in: Precambrian Research
• Main Authors: Qu, Yuangao, Van Zuilen, Mark, Lepland, Aivo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Onega; karelia*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2761590; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105705

Organic-rich rocks of the 2.0 Ga Zaonega Formation, Karelia, Russia, have been studied extensively to gain understanding of the global carbon cycle and reconstruction of paleo-environments, directly after the Great Oxidation Event (GOE). This formation has a complex history of alteration, involving...