Interest to deep sources of hydrocarbons has appeared after the finding of oil/gas fields in magmatic rocks. For research of oil/gas bearing deep layers, the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in basalt rocks of Dead Sea Rift have been studied. The samples were selected both to the north and south from Kinneret Lake in a few ten kilometers distance from basalts, altered basalts, tuffs. Identification of the PAH have been carried out in Biosphere’s Carbonaceous substances Laboratory of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) by "spectroscopy of E. Shpolsky” using a “Fluorat-Panorama” spectrofluorometer (LUMEX, Russia).
GOLAN HEIGHTS.
There are 16 associations of PAH. 4 associations form 51,5% all samples. Most spread associations are: 1) Naphthalene/ Phenanthrene / Pyren (SUM of PAH from 28,3 to 117,5 ng/g, Naphthalene from 51,2 to 80,9%). Presents in Basalts and Tuffs. Locate in West, Center, South /West and South of North Batholith. 2) Phenanthrene/ Naphthalene/, Pyren. (SUM of PAH from 52,6 to 124,5 ng/g, Phenanthrene from 47 to 60,2 %). Presents in Basalts. Locate in West, Center, South /West and South of North Batholith. 3) Naphthalene/Phenanthrene/ Benzo(ghi)perylene (SUM of PAH from 53,3 to 87,5 ng/g, Benzo(ghi)perylene from 1,9 to10,5 %). Presents in Basalts. Locate in West and South/West of North Batholith. 4) Naphthalene/ Pyren/ Chrysene (SUM of PAH from 81,1 to 95,5 ng/g, Chrysene from 0,25 to 0,52, Pyren from 4,6 to 57,3). Presents in Basalts. Locate in the Center of North Batholith. All 4 associations belong to higher temperature formations (Naphthalene and Phenanthrene). And Pyren and Benzo (ghi) perylene belong to lower temperature formations. In the same time existence such components as Phenanthrene, Chrysene, and Pyrene probably pointed on migrations of Hydrocarbons from depth.
BASALT WEST.
There are 8 associations. 3 associations form 70% all samples. Most spread associations are: 1) Naphthalene/ Phenanthrene/ Pyren. Presents in Basalts. Locate in: West of North Batholith; West of South Batholith; West of separate dyke. 2) Naphthalene/ Phenanthrene. Presents in Basalts. Locate in: West of North Batholith; West and South of South Batholith; West of Separated dyke. 3) Naphthalene/ Pyren. Presents in Basalts and Tuffs. Locate in: West of North Batholith; West of South Batholith; in West of separated dyke.
All 3 associations belong to higher temperature formations (Naphthalene and Phenanthrene). And Pyren and Benzo (ghi) perylene belong to lower temperature formations. In some samples Phenanthrene, Chrysene, Pyrene was identified.
Presence of diverse groups of PAH in the rocks of highly fractured and secondary basalts alterated, point at migrations of Hydrocarbons through faults from possible deep reservoirs/source of Dead Sea Rifts.