Thermal maturation of the lower palaeozoic strata of northern Greenland from conodont colour alteration index (CAI) data : Implications for burial history and hydrocarbon exploration
By: Armstrong, H.A
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Contributor(s): Smith, M.P | Aldridge, R.J | Tull, S.J.
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ArticleDescription: 219-230pp ; Illustration.Subject(s): Lower palaeozoic strata - Conodont colour alteration - North Greenland - Franklinian basin
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Geological magazine : Vol. 131 Iss. 1-6 Year. 1994Summary: Conodont colour alteration data for the Lower Palaeozoic strata of the North Greenland carbonate platform indicate a pattern of increased thermal maturity northwards within the Franklinian Basin. There is little variation in values through the Canadian–Llandovery (Lower Ordovician–Lower Silurian) interval at any given locality. A simplified thermal model for the platform suggests that the predominant control of conodont colour alteration and thermal maturation was maximum depth of burial, which occurred during the mid- to late Silurian. A preliminary integrated scheme for conodont and organic thermal maturity indicators can be compiled from the data now available from North Greenland.
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Conodont colour alteration data for the Lower Palaeozoic strata of the North Greenland carbonate platform indicate a pattern of increased thermal maturity northwards within the Franklinian Basin. There is little variation in values through the Canadian–Llandovery (Lower Ordovician–Lower Silurian) interval at any given locality. A simplified thermal model for the platform suggests that the predominant control of conodont colour alteration and thermal maturation was maximum depth of burial, which occurred during the mid- to late Silurian. A preliminary integrated scheme for conodont and organic thermal maturity indicators can be compiled from the data now available from North Greenland.
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