It was the aim of the interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research program to investigate the possibilities
of HC generation from pre-Westphalian sediments in the North German basin in space and time. Potential
source rock horizons exist within all pre Westphalian structural units in Northern Europe, ranging from
Cambrian to the Namurian in age and deposited in different environments. The structural framework of the
basement of the North German Permian basin was described, the position of the Variscan outer front
newly defined and the maturation history during the Late Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cainozoic deciphered.
Pyrolysis experiments have shown that HC generation, especially from type III kerogen, is possible even
beyond a maturity of 4 % Rmax is possible
Detailed geochemical and isotope-geochemical investigations of the natural gases from all North German
fields indicate gas contributions from pre-Westphalian sources in special regions (Ems Estuary region,
Altmark).
By integrating all the results of the study an estimation of the possibilities of pre Westphalian gas
occurrences in Northern Germany could be made and the most promising areas for prospecting have
been outlined.
Geosciences
The HC Potential of pre-Westphalian sediments in the North German Sasin - A Synthesis-
Authors
P. Gerling, F. Kockel, P. Krull
Copyright
1999
Language
German
Softcover ISBN
3-931850-61-7
Book Series ISSN
0937-9762
Number of Pages
XII + 107
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