Geochemical Characteristics of a Veinlet Kupferschiefer Profile from the Lubin Mine, Southwestern Poland

Previous studies have shown that the ascending, oxidizing brines play a very important role in Kupferschiefer mineralization. Fractures could be the pathway of the brines. In order to clarify the influences of the brines on bulk organic matter, aromatic hydrocarbons and Kupferschiefer mineralization, one veinlet Kupferschiefer profile from the Lubin mine, southwestern Poland was studied with the microscopic, geochemical and Rock-Eval methods. The microscopic results indicate that organic matter of the veinlet sample consists dominantly of bitumen. Its extract content is higher than in other samples. The dominant aromatic compounds are naphthalene and alkylated naphthalenes (Na-PAH), which have migrated into the veinlet sample from other sediments. The content of phenanthrene and its methylated derivatives (Ph-PAH) is much lower than in other samples. The reason may be due to their heavier mass than Na-PAH. It is more difficult for Ph-PAH to migrate. The Na-PAH was probably removed from the shale by dist     

Structural Evolution of the Eastern Margin of Eurasia in Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic

1IntroductionThe south of the Far East comprises the largest mountain-folded and platform structures in the east-ern margin of Eurasia. The former ones are the Stanovoy, Yankan-Tukuringra-Dzhagdy, Turan, Bu-reya, Amur-Tugur and Sikhote-Alin arched and arched-block uplifts separated by the systems of in-termontane depressions (Tynda-Zeya, Khingan-Ni-man, etc.) with the inner small basins (Uda-Zeya, Upper Bureya, Mid-Amur, Konino-Khurmulinskiy, Lower Amur) (Fig.1). The Aldan shield a…