Hydrocarbon generation potential and Miocene-Pliocene paleoenvironments of the Kangal Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey)

► The Kangal Basin includes two thick coal seams in the Pliocene Kalburçayırı formation. ► Coalification occurred in a limnic environment under conditions ranging from autochthonous to hypautochthonous. ► Where maturity has advanced somewhat, there is gas generation potential in certain horizons.