Table 1

Rock-Eval 6 and palynofacies results, and hydrocarbon concentration of pyrolysate of the Autun samples. TOC: Total Organic Carbon; HI: Hydrogen Index; OI Oxygen Index; nGP: non-gelified phytoclasts; fAOM: fluorescent Amorphous Organic Matter; dAOM: diffuse Amorphous Organic Matter; gOM: gelified Organic Matter. * Biodegraded samples with low concentrations of n-alkanes.

Oil shale beds Igornay Lally Muse Surmoulin boghead





IG1 IG2 LA1 LA2 MU1 MU2 MU3 MU4 SU1 SU2
Rock-Eval 6 TOC (%) 12.1 15.8 7.7 13.5 5.8 12.9 17.7 12.5 9.8 7.8 38.2
HI bulk (mg/g TOC) 480 650 540 490 500 490 500 560 490 520 890
HI kerogen (mg/g TOC) 475 690 560 520 550 560 520 570 510 570 880
OI kerogen (mg CO2/g TOC) 5 7 16 3 7 5 5 4 9 7 8
Tmax kerogen (°C) 435 443 427 438 427 431 435 429 423 421 437
Palynofacies (area %) nGP 5.3 5.8 5.6 12 4.3 0.9 3.2 4.8 10 1.3 0.2
spore −pollen 1 2.1 3.1 1.4 1.6 3.9 1.6 2.6 0.9 4.5 0
gOM 30 13.8 0 30.2 4.3 66.9 72.9 10.5 0.6 3.2 1.9
Botryococcus algae 6 25.8 2.3 3 3.6 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.4 0.6 58.5
fAOM 54.5 52.5 89.3 50.1 84.8 19 14.8 76.4 86.8 88.9 39.5
dAOM 3.1 0 0 3.3 0 6.1 5.1 3.2 0.4 0 0
terrestrial OM (nGP + gOM + spore-pollen) 36.3 21.7 8.7 43.6 10.2 71.7 77.7 17.9 11.5 9 2.1
Pyrolysate GC-FID n-C6-n-C14 (mg/g) 89 180 * 128 * 32 37 * * * 325
n-C6-n-C14 / n-C6+ (%) 42.6 57.3 48.7 23.7 24.8 72.2
n-C14+ (mg/g) 120 134 135 103 112 125
n-C14+ / n-C6+ (%) 57.4 42.7 51.3 76.3 75.2 27.8
(n-C6-n-C14) /n-C14+ 0.74 1.34 0.9 0.31 0.33 2.6

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