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Kendrick, J W (1982): Petroleum-generating potential of sediments at DSDP Leg 64 Holes [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818988, Supplement to: Kendrick, JW (1982): Petroleum-generating potential of sediment in the Gulf of California. In: Curray, JR; Moore, DG; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 64, 871-875, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.64.131.1982

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Abstract:
Sediments from the Gulf of California contain sufficient amounts of thermally reactive organic matter to be considered fair-to-good potential petroleum source rocks. While sediments deposited within the present oxygen-minimum zone have the greatest amounts of organic matter, those deposited below the oxygen-minimum contain sufficient organic matter to be considered potential source rocks. The organic matter in the sediment is almost exclusively marine, Type II kerogen. Different techniques of determining kerogen composition produce generally compatible answers, although pyrolysis gives somewhat misleading results. Elemental analysis of the kerogen and vitrinite reflectance measurements indicate that the organic matter is not buried to sufficiently great depth for significant petroleum generation, despite the high temperature gradients.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 25.553487 * Median Longitude: -110.433700 * South-bound Latitude: 23.040500 * West-bound Longitude: -111.624800 * North-bound Latitude: 27.846000 * East-bound Longitude: -109.089200
Date/Time Start: 1978-12-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-12-29T00:00:00
Event(s):
64-476 * Latitude: 23.040500 * Longitude: -109.089200 * Date/Time: 1978-12-14T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2403.0 m * Penetration: 297.5 m * Recovery: 167 m * Location: North Pacific/Gulf of California/TERRACE * Campaign: Leg64 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 33 cores; 336 m cored; 0 m drilled; 49.7 % recovery
64-478 * Latitude: 27.096800 * Longitude: -111.507500 * Date/Time: 1978-12-24T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1889.0 m * Penetration: 464 m * Recovery: 297.6 m * Location: North Pacific/Gulf of California/CHANNEL * Campaign: Leg64 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 49 cores; 427 m cored; 24 m drilled; 69.7 % recovery
64-479 * Latitude: 27.846000 * Longitude: -111.624800 * Date/Time: 1978-12-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -747.0 m * Penetration: 440 m * Recovery: 262.7 m * Location: North Pacific/Gulf of California/BASIN * Campaign: Leg64 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 40 cores; 373 m cored; 47.5 m drilled; 70.4 % recovery
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Kendrick, JW (1982): (Table 1) Amount of organic carbon and hydrocarbon yield at DSDP Leg 64 Holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818984
  2. Kendrick, JW (1982): (Table 3) Elemental analysis of kerogen concentrates at DSDP Leg 64 Holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818986
  3. Kendrick, JW (1982): (Table 2) Vitrinite reflectance and maceral composition of kerogen at DSDP Leg 64 Holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818985