Correlation of zooclast reflectance with Rock-Eval Tmax values within Upper Ordovician Cape Phillips Formation, a potential petroleum source rock from the Canadian Arctic Islands

摘要

The lower part of the Cape Phillips Formation (Upper Ordovician, Canadian Arctic) is an ideal unit to test the correlation of graptolite and chitinozoan reflectance, and to compare zooclast reflectance with Rock-Eval pyrolysis T-max. The Cape Phillips Formation is an organic-rich limestone and shale containing abundant zooclasts, bitumen, and amorphous organic matter, and has biomarker characteristics consistent with a carbonate de-positional environment and organic matter derived from marine algae.