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Department of Geology, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Omdurman, Sudan

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• Research Article   
  Geochemical Study for Evaluating the Source Rock and their Hydrocarbons Generation Potentiality in Zeit Formation, Sudanese Red Sea Coastal Plain
  Author(s): Sadam HMA Eltayib*
  
  The study area lies in NE Sudan along the Eastern coast of the Sudanese red sea. The coastal plain is geologically characterized by Cenozoic siliciclastices and shallow marine rift related sedimentary sequences. The main subsurface stratigraphic units in the study area from bottom to top are: Basement Complex (Cambrian), Kareem Formation (Oligocene), Belayim Formation (Late Oligocene), Dungunab Formation (Miocene), Zeit Formation (Late Miocene), Wardan Formation (Late Pliocene) and Shagara Formation (Pleistocene-Holocene). The Total Organic Carbon (TOC%) and pyrolysis data are used to determine the source rock quality and quantity as organic richness, source rock generating capability and kerogen types of the source rock. The source rock characterization graph shows that Zeit Formation includes shale intervals of poor to very good TOC contents with average values .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2381-8719.22.11.1056

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