Ak. Garg et Rp. Philp, PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY OF ASPHALTENES KEROGENS FROM SOURCE ROCKS OF THE GANDHAR-FIELD, CAMBAY BASIN, INDIA, Organic geochemistry, 21(3-4), 1994, pp. 383-392
Pyrolysis-gas chromatography of rocks from three exploratory wells in
the Gandhar area of the Cambay Basin, India, reveals that the organic
matter is dominated by input from higher land plants. The pyrograms of
asphaltenes and kerogens demonstrate that the Hazad and Cambay Shale
were deposited in different environments with the former being an over
all regressive deltaic environment and the latter a marine transgressi
ve sequence. Studies of TOC (values range from 1 to 2.6%), Rock-Eval (
HI values range from 70 to 183), pyrolysis-gas chromatography, vitrini
te reflectance (R(o) range from 0.4 to 0.8), bitumen extracts and isot
opic ratios demonstrate that both Hazad and upper Cambay Shale can act
as effective source rocks wherever they are thermally mature.