Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland
Fluid inclusion and organic biomarker data show that there was formerly a hydrocarbon system in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin rocks of NW Scotland. Oil fluid inclusions occur in stylolitized Eriboll Formation sandstone, in K-feldspar cements with an 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 415 ± 5.5/5.8 Ma (2σ...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/13909927-9ea6-4aab-b172-e9ff61f80a06 2024-06-23T07:53:18+00:00 Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland Parnell, John Bowden, Stephen Mark, Darren 2018-01 application/pdf https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/petroleum-generation-and-migration-in-the-cambroordovician-laurentian-margin-succession-of-nw-scotland(13909927-9ea6-4aab-b172-e9ff61f80a06).html https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-059 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/12610/1/Parnell_2018_JGS_Petroleumgeneration_CC.pdf eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/petroleum-generation-and-migration-in-the-cambroordovician-laurentian-margin-succession-of-nw-scotland(13909927-9ea6-4aab-b172-e9ff61f80a06).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Parnell , J , Bowden , S & Mark , D 2018 , ' Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland ' , Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 175 , no. 1 , pp. 33-43 . https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-059 article 2018 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-059 2024-06-13T00:59:15Z Fluid inclusion and organic biomarker data show that there was formerly a hydrocarbon system in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin rocks of NW Scotland. Oil fluid inclusions occur in stylolitized Eriboll Formation sandstone, in K-feldspar cements with an 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 415 ± 5.5/5.8 Ma (2σ, analytical precision/full external precision). Organic extracts from Durness Group black limestones yield biomarker ratios characteristic of high thermal maturity. Organic maturation to yield oil probably occurred during orogenic deformation along the Moine Thrust Zone. The recognition of a hydrocarbon system in Scotland adds to a huge hydrocarbon province in Laurentian rocks including North America and Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland University of St Andrews: Research Portal Greenland Journal of the Geological Society 175 1 33 43 |
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Fluid inclusion and organic biomarker data show that there was formerly a hydrocarbon system in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin rocks of NW Scotland. Oil fluid inclusions occur in stylolitized Eriboll Formation sandstone, in K-feldspar cements with an 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age of 415 ± 5.5/5.8 Ma (2σ, analytical precision/full external precision). Organic extracts from Durness Group black limestones yield biomarker ratios characteristic of high thermal maturity. Organic maturation to yield oil probably occurred during orogenic deformation along the Moine Thrust Zone. The recognition of a hydrocarbon system in Scotland adds to a huge hydrocarbon province in Laurentian rocks including North America and Greenland. |
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Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland |
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Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland |
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Parnell , J , Bowden , S & Mark , D 2018 , ' Petroleum generation and migration in the Cambro-Ordovician Laurentian margin succession of NW Scotland ' , Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 175 , no. 1 , pp. 33-43 . https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-059 |
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