Organic matter in rocks of certain alkalic massifs of Siberia

Implications of hydrocarbons in carbonaceous metamorphic and hydrothermal ore-deposit rocks as related to the hydrolytic disproportionation of organic matter

“…As referenced in Petersilie and Sorenson (1970), rocks from the Khibina and Lovozero alkaline massifs of the Kola Peninsula, and rocks from some of the alkaline massifs of Siberia, also contain considerable amounts of HC gases and bitumens (Petersilie, 1963(Petersilie, ,1964Ikorskii, 1967;Lyutkevich, 1967;Bazarova, 1969;and Petersilie et al (1965). Ikorskii and Romanikhin (1964) concluded that the HC gases of nepheline granites of the Khibina alkaline massif were in fluid inclusions.…”