SOURCE ROCK

Question 1

ORGANIC MATTER:

Answer 1

PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS AND LIGNINS

Question 2

LIPIDS(INDICATORS OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT)

Answer 2

PRISTINE AND PHYTANE

Question 3

CONTROLS ON TRANSFORMATION:

Answer 3

1. NATURE AND ABUNDANCE OF KEROGEN IN SOURCE ROCK
2. TEMPERATURE

Question 4

TYPES OF MIGRATION:

Answer 4

PRIMARY-
SECONDARY-
TERTIARY-

Question 5

LITHOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES:

Answer 5

1. SMALL PORE SIZES
2. HIGH DUCTILITY
3. LARGE THICKNESS
4. WIDE LATERAL EXTENT

Question 6

• TYPES OF SEAL:

Answer 6

1. MEMBRANE SEAL
2. HYDRAULIC SEAL
3. FAULTS
4. TRAP FILL
5. PRESSURE SEAL

Question 7

TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATION AND PRESERVATION:

Answer 7

1. HIGH PRODUCTIVITY (OF OM)
2. OXYGEN DEFICIENT DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT (ANOXIC)

Question 8

DEPOSITIONAL ENVT WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY:

Answer 8

1. CONTINENTAL MARGINS;
2. LAGOONS AND RESTRICTED SEAS;
3. DELTAS IN WARM MARGIN
4. LAKES