NEW GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO CENOZOIC SOURCE ROCKS IN AZERBAIJAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH CASPIAN REGION
Journal: Journal of Petroleum Geology
Year: 2021

The Maikop Group and the Diatom Formation constitute the two main source rocks in the South Caspian Basin and onshore Azerbaijan where large‐scale oil production began more than 150 years ago. However, the stratigraphic distribution of the source rocks and the vertical variation of source‐rock parameters are still poorly understood. The aim of the present paper is therefore to investigate in high resolution the source‐rock distribution in the Perekishkyul and Islamdag outcrop sections, located 2