Organic geochemistry of the middle Paleozoic Ora Formation in Iraq: Implications for source rock assessment and hydrocarbon potentiality

Autor: Al-Auqadi Rahma S, Mohamed W. Alkhafaji, Ali I. Al-Juboury, Alex Zumberge, Nasir Alarifi, Dan Jarvie, Giovanni Zanoni, Harry Rowe

Publikováno v: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 8, Pp e29782- (2024)

The Ora Formation (late Devonian–early Carboniferous) is thought to be a potential source rocks for the Paleozoic petroleum system of Iraq. The source potential from the Ora Formation is evaluated for the first time ever in this study from western

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A comparative geochemical study of bituminous boat remains from H3, As-Sabiyah (Kuwait), and RJ-2, Ra's al-Jinz (Oman)

Autor: Armelle Charrié-Duhaut, Kirsty Norman, Pierre Albrecht, Jacques Connan, Mark Tobey, Harriet Crawford, Robert Carter, Dan Jarvie

Publikováno v: Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 16:21-66

This paper presents a geochemical analysis of fragments of bituminous amalgam from H3, As-Sabiyah (Kuwait), and RJ-2, Ra's al-Jinz (Oman). The fragments bear barnacles on one side and reed impressions on the other, and are thought to have been part o

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2005.00041.x

Middle Palaeolithic bitumen use at Umm el Tlel around 70 000 BP

Autor: Dan Jarvie, Hélène Valladas, Eric Boëda, S. Bonilauri, Sultan Muhesen, Mark Tobey, Heba Al Sakhel, Norbert Mercier, Jacques Connan

Publikováno v: Antiquity
Antiquity, Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press, 2008, 82 (318), pp.853-861. ⟨10.1017/S0003598X00097623⟩
Antiquity, 2008, 82 (318), pp.853-861. ⟨10.1017/S0003598X00097623⟩

The authors identify natural bitumen on stone implements dating to 70 000 BP. It is proposed that this represents residue from hafting, taking the practice back a further 30 000 years from the date previously noted and published in Nature. The bitume

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https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03033277