摘要：Abstract 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study was carried out on the organic rich sedimentary samples collected at different depth intervals from newly drilled test well Chinnewala Tibba-1 (CT-1) located in Jaisalmer Petroliferous basin India. It is found that iron is mainly distributed in high spin Fe3+ and Fe2+ state in clay minerals. The plot of Fe2+/(Fe2+ + Fe3+) indicates the presence of poor redox conditions in the samples. Results obtained are also compared with those already reported in the literature. This comparison shows that there may exist a correlation between prospecting of the basin, the redox environment in sediments and the nature of iron bearing minerals distributed in the sedimentary sequence. Graphical abstract Display Omitted Highlights • Source rock samples were obtained from well CT-1. • Test well CT-1 is located in Jaisalmer basin India. • Results show that sedimentation has taken place in poor reducing condition. • Results obtained are compared with Mössbauer studies already reported. • Redox environment of sediments and prospecting of the basin are correlated.
