A comparison of biomakers in gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum from Threemile Canyon and adjacent areas in the Uinta Basin, Utah

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Publication Type report
Research Institute Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
Author Hatcher, Herbert J.; Meuzelaar, Henk L. C.; Urban, Dale T.
Title A comparison of biomakers in gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum from Threemile Canyon and adjacent areas in the Uinta Basin, Utah
Date 1992
Description Relationships between gilsonite, oil shale and petroleum were investigated by comparison of hopane, sterane and carotenoid biomarkers. Samples examined were alginite, gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum. Comparison of peak distributions in specific GC/MS ion fragmentograms of the above hydrocarbon products indicates that direct relationships do exist between gilsonite, tar sand, oil, and Green River oil shale components. In addition, the possible effects of biodegradation and maturation on oil shale outcrops, gilsonite, tar sand and petroleum are discussed.
Type Text
Publisher Utah Geological Association
Subject Gilsonite; Oil shale; Tar sand; Petroleum; Threemile Canyon; Uinta Basin; Utah; Green River; Hopane; Sterane; Carotenoid biomarkers; Alginite; GC/MS; Ion fragmentograms; Biodegradation; Maturation; Oil shale outcrops; Bluebell-Altamont; Red Wash field; Bitumen; Pyrolysis; Py-GC/MS; Curie-point pyrolysis/desorption; Curie-point temperature; Biomarker comparison
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Hatcher, H. J., Meuzelaar, H. L. C., & Urban, D. T. (1992). A comparison of biomakers in gilsonite, oil shale, tar sand and petroleum from Threemile Canyon and adjacent areas in the Uinta Basin, Utah. T. D. Fouch, V. F. Nuccio, & T. C. Chidsey (Eds.). Hydrocarbon and mineral resources of the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado: Utah Geological Association Guidebook, 20, 271-287.
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