Oil seep in basement, Germania Land, North-East Greenland

Flemming Getreuer Christiansen; Jørgen Albert Bojesen-Koefoed; Sven Monrad Jensen; Lars Stemmerik

doi:10.22008/gpub/28203

Oil seep in basement, Germania Land, North-East Greenland

Flemming Getreuer Christiansen, Jørgen Albert Bojesen-Koefoed, Sven Monrad Jensen, Lars Stemmerik

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During field work in the summer of 1990 oily material was discovered in mineralised breccias in Germania Land, North-East Greenland. Organic geochemical data (TOC, Rock Eval pyrolysis, extraction, GC, py-GC, GC-MS) show that the material is composed of degraded crude oil. Thermal alteration has been limited whereas biodegradation, probably during migration or earlier trapping, has been severe.

The oil was apparently generated from a source rock dominated by terrestrially derived organic matter, probably deposited in a lacustrine environment. Several geochemical parameters suggest saline rather than freshwater conditions in the lakes. Based on tectonic setting and knowledge on existing sediments in the region several possibilities for the source exist. The most likely source rock seems to be of Late Palaeozoic age.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	GGU
Number of pages	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22008/gpub/28203
Publication status	Published - Nov 1991

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Series	Open File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse
Number	7
Volume	91
ISSN	0903-7322

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Greenland
North-East Greenland

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