Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ENERGY SOURCES, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.263-273, 2002 (SCI-Expanded)
The central part of the Taurus Belt in SW Turkey comprises thick paraoutochthonous carbonates and clastics of Mesozoic and Tertiary ages. The source rock potential of Mesozoic and Tertiary units in the area between Beysehir and Akseki has been investigated by standard laboratory studies (total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, oil show pyrolysis, and organic petrography). These analyses show that the Tarascl Formation (Triassic), the Uzumdere Formation (Lower Jurassic), the Aydinkent Formation (Upper Cretaceous-Middle Eocene), and the Gumusdamla Formation (Middle Eocene) have no source rock potential. However, the Akkuyu Formation (Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous) is a variable but important source rock where the formation is influenced by allocthonous rocks; it shows lower TOC, lower genetic potential, and lower HI values than other exposures not effected by nappe tectonism in the study area. Where it crops out in the North, the formation has reacted high thermal maturity (477-569degreesC), but in the South, it is immature to mature (425-433degreesC) where it is not effected by the nappe activity. Similar results were obtained for the Gumusdamla Formation - that is, tectonic contact of upper boundary with nappe.