Pyrolysis and bulk kinetic studies investigate the hydrocarbon generation potential and source rock facies variability of marine organic-rich rocks from the Middle Ordovician Goldwyer Formation in the Canning Basin, Western Australia. The dataset includes Rock Eval pyrolysis and pyrolysis gas chromatography results for immature to mid-mature calcareous mudstones, comparing oil-prone Type I kerogen in Sequence I with oil- and gas-prone Type II/III kerogen in Sequence III. The data was published in the International Journal of Coal Geology in 2020 and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Modeling hydrocarbon generation kinetics based on pyrolysis data for Type I and Type II/III kerogen.
- Assessing source rock quality and organofacies variability between different geological sequences.
- Calibrating basin-specific kinetic inputs for burial history and thermal maturity modeling.
- Evaluating the generative potential for paraffinic versus paraffinic-naphthenic-aromatic oil types.
Strengths
- Data is derived from specific geological sequences (Goldwyer I and III) with distinct kerogen types.
- Includes estimated hydrocarbon generation temperature ranges (e.g., 145°C to 170°C for Type I kerogen).
- Results are published in a peer-reviewed journal (International Journal of Coal Geology, 2020).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Pyrolysis and bulk kinetic studies on rock samples.
- Time Range
- Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) geological period.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 09:11:24.119224; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canning Basin, Western Australia.