Source Rock Potential and Thermal Maturity of the Coqueiros Formation Shales, Campos Basin, Brazil
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Abstract
Summary This study investigates the source rock potential of organic-rich shales within the Early Cretaceous Coqueiros Formation, Campos Basin, Brazil. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectroscopy were applied to cuttings from two wells (3-BP-11-RJS and 6-DEV-18P-RJS). XRD reveals a mixed mineralogy of calcite, quartz, dolomite, and clay, with varying proportions between wells, suggesting differing depositional environments. Pyrite, indicative of anoxic conditions favorable for organic matter preservation, was observed. Raman spectroscopy indicates high thermal maturity (Ro% 1.03–1.40), placing the shales within the condensate wet gas window. SEM imaging of 6-DEV-18P-RJS shows evolving textures with depth and the presence of authigenic minerals and intergranular porosity, potentially facilitating hydrocarbon migration. While the high maturity and mineralogical indicators suggest good source rock potential, further geochemical analyses (TOC, Rock-Eval) are needed for definitive assessment. The potential impact of drilling mud contamination (barite) requires further evaluation.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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