The Lower Eocene Celtek Formation is located in the Sorgun district of thecity of Yozgat in Turkey.In the study area,Paleozoic,Campanian-Maastrichtian,Eocene,Miocene and Quaternary units are exposed.The Celtek Formati...The Lower Eocene Celtek Formation is located in the Sorgun district of thecity of Yozgat in Turkey.In the study area,Paleozoic,Campanian-Maastrichtian,Eocene,Miocene and Quaternary units are exposed.The Celtek Formation is noteworthy with its coal and oil shale deposits.Samples were collected from one exposure(YCOSK)and two boreholes(SJ and C boreholes)at the facility operated by the Yeni Celtek Coal Management.Concentrations of REE in oil shales from these localities were determined using the ICP-MS technique.REE and total organic carbon(TOC)values of a total of 32 samples were compared with normalized REE contents of various environments.TOC contents of the samples ranged from 1.37wt%to 11.8wt%(mean 4.96wt%).The averages of all samples for the all normalized values show similar patterns.Normalized REE patterns are represented by the enrichment in the order of LREE>MREE>HREE and display negative Ce and positive Eu anomalies.ΣREE vs.TOC were compared.ΣREE vs.TOC showed a weak positive correlation,whereasΣLREE vs.(M+HREE)andΣLREE vs.ΣREE were positively correlated.Regarding tectonic provenance characteristics,the Celtek Formation oil shales were formed in microenvironments with physicochemical conditions changing in character from oxic to euxinic,representing a transitional terrestrial–marine environment.展开更多
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文摘The Lower Eocene Celtek Formation is located in the Sorgun district of thecity of Yozgat in Turkey.In the study area,Paleozoic,Campanian-Maastrichtian,Eocene,Miocene and Quaternary units are exposed.The Celtek Formation is noteworthy with its coal and oil shale deposits.Samples were collected from one exposure(YCOSK)and two boreholes(SJ and C boreholes)at the facility operated by the Yeni Celtek Coal Management.Concentrations of REE in oil shales from these localities were determined using the ICP-MS technique.REE and total organic carbon(TOC)values of a total of 32 samples were compared with normalized REE contents of various environments.TOC contents of the samples ranged from 1.37wt%to 11.8wt%(mean 4.96wt%).The averages of all samples for the all normalized values show similar patterns.Normalized REE patterns are represented by the enrichment in the order of LREE>MREE>HREE and display negative Ce and positive Eu anomalies.ΣREE vs.TOC were compared.ΣREE vs.TOC showed a weak positive correlation,whereasΣLREE vs.(M+HREE)andΣLREE vs.ΣREE were positively correlated.Regarding tectonic provenance characteristics,the Celtek Formation oil shales were formed in microenvironments with physicochemical conditions changing in character from oxic to euxinic,representing a transitional terrestrial–marine environment.
