METHODS OF ANALYSIS APPLIED TO HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF ANATOLIA (TURKEY) AND THEIR INTERPRETATION

11th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2011, www.sgem.org, SGEM2011 Conference Proceedings/ ISSN 1314-2704, June 20-25, 2011, Vol. 1, 1237-1244 pp

ABSTRACT

In the context of this study, 19 Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission
Spectrometry (ICP-OES), 17 Total Organic Carbon(TOC) and Rock Eval Pyrolysis, 8 Thin Layer Chromatography, Extraction and Column Chromatography, 16 Gas Chromatography (GC),15 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS), 8 Stable
Carbon Isotope Analysis(GC-IRMS) were performed with solid samples of Hydrocarbon Seepage from 7 provinces (Adiyaman, Batman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt, Şirnak) in Southeastern Region of Anatolia of Turkey. Metals of Fe, Al, Mn, Zn, V, B, Pb, Ni, Hg, Cu, Cd, Co were detected with Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical
Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) analysis. Hydrocarbon Potential of the samples was intended to be proven in the results of TOC and Rock Eval Pyrolysis Analysis. In the results taken from GC and GC-MS analysis, data was acquired about general distribution of Hydrocarbon, organic substance type, maturation and sedimentation
medium. In the light of the results obtained, it was intended to prove the hydrocarbon mechanisms, formation and potentials of the samples mentioned in addition to the Geological Environment they exist.

Keywords: Hydrocarbon Seepage, Organic Geochemistry, Metal Analysis, Chromatography