Open AccessOrganic geochemical and microscopical study of sedimentary organic matter, central West Greenland
Author(s) -
J Perregaard,
E.J Schiener
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v95.7647
Subject(s) - outcrop , organic matter , total organic carbon , geology , sedimentary rock , sedimentary organic matter , organic geochemistry , core sample , geochemistry , earth science , structural basin , environmental chemistry , paleontology , chemistry , source rock , core (optical fiber) , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material
Sample material from shallow core hole drilling (187 core samples) and outcrops (more than 200 surface samples) were collected on Disko, Nugssuaq and Svartenhuk Halvø during the summer of 1976 in a joint field programme between GGU and the Research Group for Organic Geochemistry of the Nuclear Research Establishment (KFA), Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany (Schiener & Leythaeuser, 1978a). The samples have been studied in the laboratory both by organic geochemistry and by reflected light microscopy. The main objectives were the appraisal of the folIowing parameters: (1) Richness in organic matter. (2) Maturation. (3) Type of organic matter.