Regional distributions of organic content are an important aid in developing basin evolution and hydrocarbon generation models. An approach to evaluate hydrocarbon source rocks using resistivity, sonic, density, neutron and natural gamma ray logs is developed. Organic matter, as a constituent in sedimentary rocks, has a relatively low density, slow velocity, and is high in hydrogen content. Sou...

Monoclinic pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) is widely claimed to carry magnetizations acquired during early diagenesis in anoxic sedimentary environments. In contrast, geochemical literature indicates that pyrrhotite formation is extremely slow below 180 8C, which makes it a highly unlikely carrier of early diagenetic remanences in sediments. This view is confirmed by the occurrence of late diagenetic Fe7S8 ...

surface oil seeps from alasht, lapur and jenesem share many compositional affinities including distributions and concentrations ofnormal alkanes, terpanes and steranes. these oils also show many similarities with that of jurassic sediments (shemshak group, klarizformation) systematically sampled from the galandrud coal mine. recent geochemical studies in this area indicated that theshemshak gro...

Surface oil seeps from Alasht, Lapur and Jenesem share many compositional affinities including distributions and concentrations ofnormal alkanes, terpanes and steranes. These oils also show many similarities with that of Jurassic sediments (Shemshak Group, KlarizFormation) systematically sampled from the Galandrud Coal Mine. Recent geochemical studies in this area indicated that theShemshak Gro...

   The study area is located in the northeast of Iran. Miankuhi Formation is 500m thick and comprises homogeneous shales, brown granular sandstone and siltstone. In this study, 45 samples were taken from Miankuhi shales and sandstones in order to determine their tectonic origin by using a polarizing microscope. Samples were analysed by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) method to determine their chemical...