R7: Petrology, Mineralogy and Economic geology (Joint Session with Society of Resource Geology)

[R7-07] Hydorocarbon fluid in authigenic quartz from Torinosu limestone at Sakawa Town, Kochi Prefecture, southwestern Japan

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*Taro Kido¹, Masanori Kurosawa², Kei Ikehata² (1. Univ. Tokyo, Sci, 2. Life Env. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba)

Keywords:hydrocarbon fluid inclusion, authigenetic quartz, UV fluorescence, homogenization temperature, Raman spectra

Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions trapped in authigenic quartz from the Jurassic Torinosu limestone at Sakawa town, Kochi Pref., Japan were characterized by measurements of UV fluorescence, homogenization temperature, and Raman spectra to investigate behaviors of hydrocarbon fluids in organic-rich calcareous sediments from southwestern Japan.