Contents of Vol. 41, 2018

Vol. 41, no 4, October 2018

• Non-destructive investigations of the thermal maturity and mechanical properties of source rocks
  S. L. Eichmann (Aramco Services Co.), D. Jacobi, M. H. Haque and N. A. Burnham view abstract
• Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Yangtake foldbelt, Kuqa foreland basin, NW China: insights from integrated basin modelling and fluid inclusion analyses
  Jianliang Liu (China University of Petroleum Qingdao), Keyu Liu, Zhenxue Jiang, Lili Gui and Fulai Li view abstract
• Palaeo-exposure surfaces in the Aptian Dariyan Formation, offshore Iran: geochemistry and reservoir implications
  H. Mehrabi (Shiraz University, Iran), H. Rahimpour-Bonab, I. Al-Aasm, E. Hajikazemi, B. Esrafili-Dizaji, M. Dalvand and M. Omidvar view abstract
• Tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the Cenozoic Ararat Basin, Lesser Caucasus, Armenia
  A. Avagyan (National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia), M. Sosson, L. Sahakyan, Y. Sheremet, S. Vardanyan, M. Martirosyan and C. Muller view abstract
• Three-dimensional seismic geomorphology of paleokarst in the Cretaceous Macaé Group carbonates, Campos Basin, Brazil
  M. Basso (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil), M. C. Kuroda, L. C. S. Afonso and A. C. Vidal view abstract


Errata


• Late Callovian to Oxfordian interval, Fisher Bank Basin by S. Duxbury and M. Vieira (JPG vol. 41:1, January 2018, pp 47-65)
• Oligocene – Lower Miocene Menilite Formation, Polish and Ukrainian Outer Carpathians, by P. Kosakowski et al. (JPG vol. 41:3, July 2018, pp 319-336
• Index, 2018


• Cover photograph shows Khor Virap, a hill in the Ararat depression, southern Armenia, where Upper Devonian – Lower Carboniferous limestones, siliciclastics and basaltic intrusives emerge through a thick Quaternary alluvial cover succession. The church dates from the 17th century although the monastic complex is much older; in the background (to the south) is Mount Ararat (5165 m). Avagyan et al. investigate the tectonic history of the northern margin of the Ararat depression on pp 495-512 of this issue. Photo by A. Keshishyan.

Vol. 41, no 3, July 2018

Thematic issue: Paratethys petroleum systems
Guest Editors: D. R. D. Boote, R F. Sachsenhofer and G. Tari

• Paratethyan petroleum source rocks: an overview
  R. F. Sachsenhofer (Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria) et al. view abstract
• Petroleum provinces of the Paratethyan region
  D.R.D Boote (Consultant, London), R.F. Sachsenhofer, G. Tari and D. Arbouille view abstract
• Petroleum systems in the Austrian sector of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: an overview
  D. Gross (Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria) et al. view abstract
• The geochemical characteristics of the Oligocene – Lower Miocene Menilite Formation in the Polish and Ukrainian Outer Carpathians: a review
  P. Kosakowski (AGH University, Krakow) et al. view abstract
• Petroleum charge and migration in the Black Sea: insights from oil and source rock geochemistry
  J. Mayer (OMV Exploration & Production, Vienna) et al. view abstract
• 3D basin modelling of Oligocene – Miocene Maikop source rocks offshore Romania and in the western Black Sea
  R. Olaru (OMV Petrom, Bucharest) et al. view abstract
• Eocene and Oligo-Miocene source rocks in the Rioni and Kura Basins of Georgia: depositional environment and petroleum potential
  M. Pupp (Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria) et al. view abstract
• Organic geochemical evaluation of potential Cenozoic source rocks in the Moghan Basin, NW Iran: implications for hydrocarbon exploration
  M. Mirshahani (RIPI, Tehran), H. Bahrami, M. Rashidi, E. Tarhandeh and B. Khani view abstract
• Extended Abstract: Re-Os geochronology and chemo-stratigraphy of the Maikop Series source rocks of Eastern Azerbaijan
  A. M. Washburn (Brigham Young University, UT, USA) et al. view abstract
• The cover photo shows Eocene marls of the Kuma Formation in the banks of the Belaya River, western North Caucasus (Russia). The Kuma Formation is a major source rock in the Eastern Paratethys. Photo by Michael Morton (Leicester University).

Vol. 41, no 2, April 2018

• Geochemical evaluation of crude oils from the Caracara and Tiple areas, Eastern Llanos Basin, Colombia: Palaeo biodegradation and oil mixing
  N. Esquinas (Universidad de Huelva, Spain), G. Márquez, A. Permanyer and J.R. Gallego view abstract
• A review of the coaly source rocks and generated petroleums in the Danish North Sea: an under-explored Middle Jurassic petroleum system?
  H. I. Petersen and M. Hertle (Maersk Oil, Denmark) view abstract
• Facies heterogeneities in a ramp carbonate reservoir analogue: A new high-resolution approach for 3D facies modelling
  A. Petrovic (University of Tuebingen), T. Aigner and M. Pontiggia view abstract
• 2D basin modelling in the eastern Variscan fold belt (Czech Republic): Influence of thrusting on patterns of thermal maturation
  P. Jirman (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic), E. Geršlová, J. Kalvoda and R. Melichar view abstract
• Petroleum systems of Lebanon: an update and review
  R. Ghalayini (Consultant), F. H. Nader, S. Bou Daher, N. Hawie and W. E. Chbat view abstract
• International Events
• Cover photograph shows a quarry wall near Bílovec in the Nízký Jeseník Mountains in the external Variscides, NE Czech Republic. Exposed rocks are composed of synorogenic flysch of the Tournaisian Hradec-Kyjovice Formation including deep-marine greywackes, siltstones and shales which were intensely deformed and shortened during the Variscan orogeny. The thermal maturation history of Variscan flysch in a study area in the NE Czech Republic is considered by Jirman et al. in the paper on pp. 175-188 of this issue. Photo by Marek Slobodník (Masaryk University).

Vol. 41, no. 1, January 2018

• An introduction to the Precambrian petroleum system in the Sankuru-Mbuji-Mayi-Lomami-Lovoy Basin, South-Central Democratic Republic of Congo
  F. Delpomdor (Illinois State Geological Survey), S. Bonneville, K. Baert and A. Préat view abstract
• Regional 3D modelling of the Permo-Carboniferous Al Khlata Formation in the Rima Area, eastern flank of the South Oman Salt Basin
  F. G. Al-Abri (PDO), A. P. Heward and I.A. Abbasi view abstract
• A stratigraphic review of the Late Callovian to Oxfordian interval, Fisher Bank Basin area (UK Sector, Central North Sea)
  S. Duxbury (Duxbury Stratigraphic Consultants, UK) and M. Vieira (Shell UK) view abstract
• Presence of natural gas in basinal facies of the Zechstein Limestone in a copper mine in SW Poland
  A. Poszytek (University of Warsaw), L. Dudek and R. Rozek view abstract
• Burial and thermal history modelling of the Ediacaran succession in western and SW Ukraine and Moldova
  N. Radkovets (Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals, Academy of Sciences, Ukraine), P. Kosakowski, J. Rauball and A. Zakrzewski view abstract
• International Events
• The cover photograph shows an outcrop of the Callovian to Oxfordian Clynekirkton Sandstone Formation in the banks of the River Brora near the northern coast of the Moray Firth (NE Scotland). The photograph was taken close to a shaft leading into the now disused Brora Colliery, the most northerly coal mine in the UK. Onshore Middle to Upper Jurassic rocks of the Moray Firth provide important analogues for reservoir rocks in the Central North Sea, as discussed by Duxbury and Vieira in the paper on pp. 47-65 of this issue. Photo by Andrew J. Bloodworth (British Geological Survey).