A detailed organic geochemical evaluation of potential source rock samples (n = 350) collected from outcrops and wells in the Cenozoic Moghan Basin, NW Iran, was undertaken using whole rock (Rock‐Eval pyrolysis, organic petrography) and extract (GC and GC‐MS) analyses. The studied intervals consist of Eocene to Miocene shale/sandstone successions interpreted to have been deposited in nearshore marine conditions. Three potential source rock intervals were investigated: the Salm Aghaji Formation (lower Middle Eocene), the lower member of the Ojagheshlagh Formation (upper Middle Eocene), and the Ziveh Formation (Oligo‐Miocene). The results were used to evaluate the samples' petroleum potential and thermal maturity.

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西北西北部莫汉盆地潜在新生代烃源岩的有机地球化学评价：油气勘探的意义

使用整块岩石（岩石-Eval热解，有机岩学）和提取物（GC和GC-）对从伊朗西北部新生代莫干盆地露头和井中收集的潜在烃源岩样品（n = 350）进行了详细的有机地球化学评估。 MS）分析。研究的间隔包括始新世至中新世的页岩/砂岩演替，这些演替被解释为沉积在近海海洋条件下。研究了三个潜在的烃源岩层段：Salm Aghaji组（中新世下层），Ojagheshlagh组的下层成员（中中新世上段）和Ziveh组（新中新统）。结果用于评估样品的石油潜力和热成熟度。