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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1988; v. 40; p. 235-246;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1988.040.01.20
© 1988 Geological Society of London

Part III Case Studies

Lacustrine petroleum source rocks in the Dinantian Oil Shale Group, Scotland: a review

J. Parnell

Department of Geology, Queen’s University, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK

The Lower Carboniferous Oil Shale Group includes lacustrine rocks with petroleum source-rock potential. Existing data is reviewed, and new pyrolysis data is presented which shows that the oil shales sensu stricto are excellent source rocks with up to 30% TOC and yields of up to 180 mg/g. Other shales and dark limestones in the group also have some source-rock potential. The oil shales contain mixtures of laminar algal matter (lamalginite) and discrete algal bodies (telalginite) which represent planktonic and benthonic algal deposits. The algal bodies are Botryococcus-type and referable to Pila. There is a general correlation between % alginite and hydrocarbon yield.





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