Organic geochemical characteristics and paleodepositional conditions of an Upper Carboniferous mud-rich succession (Yagon Siltstone): Myall Trough, southeast Australia

This research evaluates the organic geochemical characteristics of a Carboniferous mud-rich sedimentary succession (Yagon Siltstone) that outcrops in the Myall Trough, a generally regarded fore-arc basin from southeast Australia. Twenty eight mudstone (28) samples were tested by using standard organic geochemistry methods (Rock-Eval VI-TOC, bitumen extraction and fractionation), as well as GC-MS analysis of the hydrocarbons fraction to define...