Reconstructing the palaeoecosystem and palaeodepositional environment within the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation: A biomarker approach

Biomarkers have been used extensively to correlate oil families, oil–source rock relationships and source inputs, and to help identify the palaeodepositional environment for a given geological sedimentary unit. Despite their application in characterising the Bakken Formation shales, a number of biomarkers still appear unable to provide us a consistent understanding regarding heterogeneity in source organic matter and palaeoenvironment. Here, we...