祁连山冻土区天然气水合物DK-2钻孔微生物群落

对青海省祁连山永久冻土区天然气水合物DK-2钻孔的11件样品进行分析,通过微生物群落分析来探寻水合物层样品与非水合物层样品的差别。在11件样品中均发现了细菌16S rDNA,未检测到海洋天然气水合物地区常见的古菌16S rDNA、mcrA(Ⅰ,Ⅱ)、pmoA、mmoX和mxaF。分析得到的细菌16S rDNA分属5个门,包括变形杆菌门、放线菌门、拟杆菌门、厚壁菌门和异常球菌-栖热菌门,随着样品深度的增加,细菌多样性有降低的趋势。对非水合物层样品DK2-19和水合物层样品DK2-25进行细菌系统发育树分析,发现这2个样品群落结构相差较大。水合物层样品与非水合物层样品细菌群落对比后发现,水合物层样品中γ-变形杆菌的比例低于非水合物层样品中γ-变形杆菌的比例,而Arthrobacter属多发现于非水合物层的样品中。     

祁连山冻土区天然气水合物DK一2钻孔微生物群落

对青海省祁连山永久冻土区天然气水合物DK一2钻孔的11件样品进行分析,通过微生物群落分析来探寻水合物层样品与非水合物层样品的差别。在11件样品中均发现了细菌16SrDNA,未检测到海洋天然气水合物地区常见的古菌16SrDNA、mc以（I,Ⅱ）、pmoA、mmoX和mxaF。分析得到的细菌16SrDNA分属5个门,包括变形杆菌门、放线菌门、拟杆菌门、厚壁菌门和异常球菌一栖热菌门,随着样品深度的增加,细菌多样性有降低的趋势。对非水合物层样品DK2—19和水合物层样品DK2—25进行细菌系统发育树分析,发现这2个样品群落结构相差较大。水合物层样品与非水合物层样品细菌群落对比后发现,水合物层样品中叫一变形杆菌的比例低于非水合物层样品中1一变形杆菌的比例,而Arthrobacter属多发现于非水合物层的样品中。     

重庆凉风垭天然气富集区上覆菜园土壤甲烷氧化细菌群落分析

对重庆市凉风垭地区一具有天然气泄漏的菜园土壤进行采样,利用16S rDNA克隆文库研究了该菜园表层及底层土壤样品中甲烷氧化细菌的群落结构,以期了解甲烷泄漏地区甲烷氧化菌的丰度、结构和组成状况,为深入探讨甲烷在该地区的循环及甲烷泄漏对环境的影响奠定基础.DNA序列分析结果显示,该天然气富集区上覆菜园地土壤中Ⅰ型甲烷氧化细菌以甲基细菌属(Methylobacter)占绝对优势,在底层样品与表层样品中所占比例存在较大差异,且底层样品中Ⅰ型甲烷氧化菌的多样性指数(1.99)比表层样品中的多样性指数(1.3)高.Ⅱ型甲烷氧化细菌仅在底层样品CD1中检测到,以甲基孢囊菌属(Methylocystis)占优势,其多样性指数为2.07,种类较Ⅰ型种类要多,这可能暗示Ⅱ型甲烷氧化细菌更能适应在土壤底层低氧、高浓度CH4条件下生存.同时,系统发育树分析显示,大部分菜园底层土壤样品中的Ⅰ型甲烷氧化细菌序列无法同已知的甲烷氧化细菌种属聚在一起,暗示该天然气富集区上覆菜园土壤中甲烷氧化细菌具有特殊性.由于Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型甲烷氧化菌对CH4的亲和力以及对CH4氧化能力的差异,天然气富集区甲烷氧化菌的群落结构研究对深入了解陆地生态系统CH4代谢具有重要意义.     

海洋天然气水合物勘查和识别新技术:地质微生物技术

当前国内外海洋天然气水合物勘查和评价发展趋势要求有更多具有精细探测和评价功能的技术,这给地质微生物水合物探测技术的研发和应用提出了需求和挑战。简要介绍了当前水合物成藏或沉积环境研究中所涉及的主要微生物类别及其主要关系,它们绝大多数是适应海底深部低温高压环境的厌氧极端生物。其中重要类群是为天然气提供气源的产甲烷古生菌、参与甲烷厌氧氧化过程的甲烷氧化古生菌和硫酸盐还原细菌。介绍了国内外几个地质微生物探测技术的实例,包括历史悠久的"微生物油气勘探"技术、近十年来发展起来的微生物计数法、群落结构和标志类别法;另外,对新露头角的微生物生物标志物法等其他方法也给予简要介绍。     

湖北神农架大九湖泥炭地泥炭藓共生细菌群落分析

对采自湖北神农架大九湖泥炭地泥炭藓(Sphagnum palustre)样品进行了不同预处理,之后提取微生物基因组DNA,构建克隆文库进而对泥炭藓共生菌的群落结构进行分析.菌落培养实验和荧光定量PCR结果显示,双氧水能杀死泥炭藓表面附生的微生物及破坏部分DNA,为研究泥炭藓内共生细菌提供一定的途径.群落组成分析结果表明双氧水处理后,所获得的细菌克隆文库的群落特征发生了改变,主要表现在细菌种类的减少及各菌门所占比率的变化上:NTX-0中酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)和变形杆菌门(Proteaobacteria)百分比含量分别位居第一和第二,而经过双氧水进行表面除菌后NTX-0-degerming中变形菌门(Proteobacteria)占了绝对优势;而在NTX-2-degerming中,蓝细菌门(Cyanobacteria)占绝对主导地位,细菌的群落多样性明显降低,细菌种类减少.系统发育分析表明与泥炭藓内共生的细菌一方面能适应大九湖泥炭湿地酸性、贫营养的环境,另一方面能为泥炭藓提供碳源、氮源,从而参与泥炭湿地的元素循环.尤其值得注意的是在内共生菌中发现了Ⅱ型甲烷氧化菌,证实了甲烷氧化菌与泥炭藓的内共生关系,暗示着这类细菌通过自身的代谢进而影响全球碳循环的潜在意义.此外,首次报道了利用细菌的通用引物扩增出了大量泥炭藓叶绿体的序列,这可能为叶绿体内共生学说提供佐证.     

黑潮源区沉积物微生物多样性初步研究

从黑潮源区采集上层沉积物,进行DNA提取,以细菌和古菌的16S rDNA通用引物PCR扩增黑潮源区沉积物中细菌和古菌群落的16S rDNA,并构建细菌和古菌的16S rDNA文库,经限制性片段长度多态性分析(Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,RFLP),DNA序列测定和系统发育分析,对黑潮源区表层沉积物的细菌和古菌多样性进行了研究。研究结果表明:黑潮源区细菌包括了变形杆菌(Proteobacteria)、酸杆菌(Acidbacterium)、浮霉菌(Planctanycene)、疣微菌(Verrucomicro-bia)和Candidate division OP8和拟杆菌(Bacteroidetes)共6个类群,其中变形杆菌是优势类群。古菌包括了泉古菌(Crenarchaeota)和广古菌(Euryarchaeota),其中泉古菌占优势;泉古菌包括MCG、C3、MBGA和MGI 4个类群,而广古菌包括SAGMEG、MBGE和MEG 3个类群,其中MBGE是优势类群。     

青藏高原唐古拉哈日钦冰芯表层和深层可培养细菌特征

对唐古拉哈日钦冰芯表层0.04~3.04 m及深层127.44~130.36 m中可培养细菌进行了对比研究。发现表层和深层可培养细菌数没有表现出显著差异性,表层冰芯中可培养细菌数为0~9.8×10³ CFU·mL^-1,略高于深层冰芯的0~8.4×10³ CFU·mL^-1。表层冰芯中微生物总数为10³~10⁶ cells·mL^-1,深层冰芯中微生物总数为10²~10³ cells·mL^-1。冰芯中可培养细菌属于Firmicutes（厚壁菌门）、Proteobacteria（变形菌门）、Actinobacteria（放线菌门）、Bacteroidetes（拟杆菌门）和Deinococcus-Thermus（异常球菌门） 5大类。但表层和深层可培养细菌属于不同的优势门,表层为Proteobacteria（38%）,深层为Firmicutes（42%）。表层和深层优势属均为Bacillus（芽孢杆菌属）,占比分别为18%和29%。已有研究表明哈日钦冰芯98.8 m达到了公元1000年的历史记录,因此对比千年尺度上可培养细菌数量及多样性的差异,能够为进一步发掘新基因,丰富微生物多样性,为了解可培养细菌的进化历史奠定基础。     

祁连山水合物分布区不同高寒生态类型冬季表层土壤中古菌群落及变化特征

祁连山冻土区是我国青藏高原重要永久冻土区之一,也是我国陆域天然气水合物分布的重要地区。前期调查表明祁连山木里天然气水合物钻井区一带具 有丰富多样的高寒冻土生态类型。为了解该地区高寒草甸和高寒沼泽草甸表层土壤中古菌群落的多样性及分布特征,对2014年初冬在该区采集的表层土壤样品利用16S rRNA分子生物学技术和 地球化学等方法进行了分析和研究。结果显示,高寒草甸区土壤呈中性,而高寒沼泽草甸区土壤呈弱酸性。钻井区土壤中的TOC和顶空气甲烷含量均显著高于背景区,而在背景区内的两种生态 类型土壤中的TOC和顶空气甲烷含量差别较小。钻井区(除1个点)微生物细胞丰度高于背景区2~5倍。冬季表层土壤中的古菌多样性较低,含泉古菌的3个类群和广古菌的3个类群。不同植被类型 古菌群落的优势种群显著不同,在高寒草甸区为泉古菌门的Group Ⅰ.1b,而高寒沼泽草甸区为广古菌门的甲烷八叠球菌目(Methanosarcinales)。根据研究结果推测,土壤水分可能是导致高 寒草甸区和高寒沼泽草甸区细胞丰度和古菌群落差异的一个主要原因,高寒沼泽草甸区内产甲烷菌占优势可能与土壤高TOC含量有关。高寒沼泽草甸土壤中存在较丰富的产甲烷古菌,它们在厌 氧条件下的甲烷氧化作用也是土壤中甲烷来源之一。     

东沙海域SMI与甲烷通量的关系及对水合物的指示

硫酸根甲烷界面(SMI)是识别海洋沉积物中天然气水合物赋存(甲烷通量)的一个重要生物地球化学标志.通过对南海北部陆坡东沙海域37个站位浅表层沉积物中孔隙水的SO42-和H2S含量变化和沉积物顶空气甲烷含量的变化等地球化学特性进行分析,研究南海北部东沙海域硫酸根甲烷界面(SMI)的分布情况,通过硫酸根变化梯度估算甲烷通量.研究结果显示,东沙海域存在南部深水区"海洋四号"沉积体和北部浅水区九龙甲烷礁两个水合物有利区域,SMI埋深普遍较浅,指示较高的甲烷通量(3.8×10-3~5.9×10-3 mmol/(cm2·a)),与国际上已发现天然气水合物区的地球化学特征相类似.这种高甲烷通量很可能是由下伏的天然气水合物所引起的,暗示着该区海底之下可能有天然气水合物层赋存.     

南海北部油气微生物勘查研究

随着现代生物技术的发展,微生物勘探技术正走向成熟,成为一项经济有效的直接找油方法。探讨了油气微生物勘探指标的选择和甲烷氧化菌的研究方法,应用原位荧光杂交法分析了南海北部表层海水中甲烷氧化菌的丰度,结果发现每升海水中有3.59×104～7.45×106个甲烷氧化菌,并且海水中甲烷浓度与甲烷氧化菌丰度的相关性较高,相关系数达0.861,基于两个指标综合分析海洋油气藏的赋存可以提高指示精度。     

Distinct microbial communities thriving in gas hydrate-associated sediments from the eastern Japan Sea

Marine gas hydrate and cold-seep systems, which maintain a large amount of methane in the seabed, may critically impact the geochemical and ecological characteristics of the deep-sea sedimentary environment. However, it remains unclear whether marine sediments associated with gas hydrate harbor novel microbial communities that are distinct from those from typical marine sediments. In this study, microbial community structures thriving in sediments associated with and without gas hydrate in the eastern Japan Sea were characterized by 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analyses. Uncultivated bacterial lineages of candidate division JS1 and a novel group NT-B2 were dominant in the sediments from gas hydrate-associated sites. Whereas, microbial populations from sites not associated with gas hydrate were mainly composed of Bacteroidetes, Nitrospirales, Chlamydiales, Chlorobiales, and yet-uncultured bacterial lineages of OD1 and TM06. The good correlation between the dominance of JS1 and NT-B2 and the association of gas hydrate could be attributed to the supply of more energetically favorable energy sources in gas-rich fluids from the deep subsurface than refractory organic matter of terrigenous and diatomaceous origin.     

祁连山冻土区水合物DK3和DK6钻孔中微生物脂肪酸特征及意义

利用脂肪酸法分析祁连山冻土带水合物区DK3(含水合物)与DK6(不含水合物)钻孔岩心中微生物多样性。本研究获得C12到C24二十六种脂肪酸(FA),可以分成直链饱和脂肪酸(SSFA),支链饱和脂肪酸(BSFA),单键不饱和脂肪酸(MUFA),环丙烷脂肪酸(CFA)和多键不饱和脂肪酸(PUFA)五大类型,其中SSFA相对含量最高。由于特异性的脂肪酸指示特异性的微生物类群,得出两根岩心中微生物类群主要由革兰氏阳性菌、革兰氏阴性菌和真菌组成。运用PAST(Palaeontological statistics,version 1.21)软件对已获得的脂肪酸进行主成分分析和聚类分析,得出DK3与DK6岩心的微生物组成并无显著性差异,但是DK3岩心中含水合物层位与不含水合物层位微生物组成有差异,DK6岩心中有水合物异常的层位与无异常的层位有差异。发现C16:1和C18:1这两类脂肪酸与甲烷异常有很好的对应关系,从另一方面证明了水合物异常影响微生物组成分布。本次研究首次获得冻土沉积物中FA组成特征,丰富了FA的分布范围,研究结果扩大了真菌的分布深度,具体机理有待更多的实验证明。     

Geochemical insights into contribution of petroleum hydrocarbons to the formation of hydrates in the Taixinan Basin,the South China Sea

Methane hydrate in the South China Sea(SCS)has extensively been considered to be biogenic on the basis of itsδ13C and δD values.Although previous efforts have greatly been made,the contribution of thermogenic oil/gas has still been underestimated.In this study,biomarkers and porewater geochemical parameters in hydrate-free and hydrate-bearing sediments in the Taixinan Basin,the SCS have been measured for evaluating the contribu-tion of petroleum hydrocarbons to the formation of hydrate deposits via a comparative study of their source inputs of organic matters,environmental conditions,and microbial activities.The results reveal the occurrence of C14-C16 branched saturated fatty acids(bSFAs)with relatively high concentrations from sulfate-reducing bacteria(SRBs)in hydrate-bearing sediments in comparison with hydrate-free sediments,which is in accord with the positive δ13C values of dissolved inorganic carbon(DIC),increasing methane concentrations,decreasing alka-linity,and concentration fluctuation of ions(Cl-,Br,SO2-,Ca2+,and Mg2+).These data indicate the relatively active microbial activities in hydrate-bearing sediments and coincident variations of environmental conditions.Carbon isotope compositions of bSFAs(-34.0％o to-21.2％o),n-alkanes(-34.5％o to-29.3％o),and methane(-70.7％o to-69.9％o)jointly demonstrate that SRBs might thrive on a different type of organic carbon rather than methane.Combining with numerous gas/oil reservoirs and hydrocarbon migration channels in the SCS,the occurrence of unresolved complex mixtures(UCMs),odd-even predominance(OEP)values(about 1.0),and biomarker patterns suggest that petroleum hydrocarbons from deep oil/gas reservoirs are the most probable carbon source.Our new results provide significant evidence that the deep oil/gas reservoirs may make a contribution to the formation of methane hydrate deposits in the SCS.     

Description of microbial community structure of sediments from the Daliao River water system and its estuary (NE China) by application of fluorescence in situ hybridization

The Daliao River watershed, an important industrial base of China, has been heavily influenced by anthropogenic activities. Microbes in sediments play an important role in recycling of organics and nutrients, and knowledge of the microbial composition and community structure in river sediments can help us to understand the contribution of microorganisms to environmental processes and their response to environmental perturbation. In this study, 11 surface sediment samples and 1 core sediment sample were collected from the Daliao River water system and its estuary, and their microbial abundance and community compositions were investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Results showed that total cell numbers in surface sediments from different locations ranged from 4.2 × 10⁸ to 16.2 × 10⁸ cells cm⁻³. Domain bacteria represented 58–82% with α-, β-, and γ-proteobacteria as the major subgroups summing up to 40%. Total cell numbers along the core sediment profile ranged from 7.9 × 10⁸ to 20.1 × 10⁸ cells cm⁻³, with relatively higher total cell numbers in the upper (0–6 cm) and middle (21–30 cm) layers. In the core sediment, domain bacteria represented 62–85% and archaea 1.0–11.8%. α-, β- and γ-Proteobacteria were three major phylogenetic groups of bacteria in the core sediment also with γ-proteobacteria as the most abundant subgroup accounting for 9.8–40.8% of total cells.     

Gas hydrate systems at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon inferred from molecular and isotopic properties of hydrate-bound and void gases

We report and discuss molecular and isotopic properties of hydrate-bound gases from 55 samples and void gases from 494 samples collected during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 204 at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon. Gas hydrates appear to crystallize in sediments from two end-member gas sources (deep allochthonous and in situ) as mixtures of different proportions. In an area of high gas flux at the Southern Summit of the ridge (Sites 1248-1250), shallow (0-40 m below the seafloor [mbsf]) gas hydrates are composed of mainly allochthonous mixed microbial and thermogenic methane and a small portion of thermogenic C₂₊ gases, which migrated vertically and laterally from as deep as 2- to 2.5-km depths. In contrast, deep (50-105 mbsf) gas hydrates at the Southern Summit (Sites 1248 and 1250) and on the flanks of the ridge (Sites 1244-1247) crystallize mainly from microbial methane and ethane generated dominantly in situ. A small contribution of allochthonous gas may also be present at sites where geologic and tectonic settings favor focused vertical gas migration from greater depth (e.g., Sites 1244 and 1245). Non-hydrocarbon gases such as CO₂ and H₂S are not abundant in sampled hydrates. The new gas geochemical data are inconsistent with earlier models suggesting that seafloor gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge formed from gas derived from decomposition of deeper and older gas hydrates. Gas hydrate formation at the Southern Summit is explained by a model in which gas migrated from deep sediments, and perhaps was trapped by a gas hydrate seal at the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). Free gas migrated into the GHSZ when the overpressure in gas column exceeded sealing capacity of overlaying sediments, and precipitated as gas hydrate mainly within shallow sediments. The mushroom-like 3D shape of gas hydrate accumulation at the summit is possibly defined by the gas diffusion aureole surrounding the main migration conduit, the decrease of gas solubility in shallow sediment, and refocusing of gas by carbonate and gas hydrate seals near the seafloor to the crest of the local anticline structure.     

Carbon Geochemistry of Gas Hydrate‐associated Sediments in the Southwestern Taiwan Basin

Marine gas hydrates, one of the largest methane reservoirs on Earth, may greatly affect the deep sea sedimentary environment and biogeochemistry; however, the carbon geochemistry in gas hydrate-bearing sediments is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the carbon variables in sediment core 973-3 from the southwestern Taiwan Basin in the South China Sea to understand the effect of environmental factors and archaeal communities on carbon geochemistry. The carbon profiles suggest the methanogenesis with the incerase of dissolved inorganic carbon(DIC) and high total organic carbon(TOC)(mean = 0.46%) originated from terrigenous organic matter(mean δ~(13)C_(TOC) value of-23.6‰) driven by the abundant methanogen ‘Methanosaeta and Methanomicrobiales'. The active anaerobic oxidation of methane is characterized by the increase of DIC and inorganic carbon(IC), and the depleted δ~(13)C_(IC), coupled with the increase of TOC and the decrease of δ~(13)C_(TOC) values owing to the methanotroph ‘Methanosarcinales/ANME' in 430–840 cm. Environmental factors and archaeal communities in core 973-3 are significantly correlated to carbon variables owing to methane production and oxidation. Our results indicate that the carbon geochemical characteristics are obviously responding to the formation and decomposition of gas hydrates. Furthermore, pH, Eh and grain size, and Methanosaeta greatly affect the carbon geochemistry in gas hydrate-associated sediments.     

Petroleum degradation and associated microbial signatures at the Chapopote asphalt volcano, Southern Gulf of Mexico

At the Chapopote Knoll in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, deposits of asphalt provide the substrate for a prolific cold seep ecosystem extensively colonized by chemosynthetic communities. This study investigates microbial life and associated biological processes within the asphalts and surrounding oil-impregnated sediments by analysis of intact polar membrane lipids (IPLs), petroleum hydrocarbons and stable carbon isotopic compositions (δ¹³C) of hydrocarbon gases. Asphalt samples are lightly to heavily biodegraded suggesting that petroleum-derived hydrocarbons serve as substrates for the chemosynthetic communities. Accordingly, detection of bacterial diester and diether phospholipids in asphalt samples containing finely dispersed gas hydrate suggests the presence of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Biological methanogenesis contributes a substantial fraction to the methane captured as hydrate in the shallow asphalt deposits evidenced by significant depletion in ¹³C relative to background thermogenic methane. In sediments, petroleum migrating from the subsurface stimulates both methanogenesis and methanotrophy at a sulfate-methane transition zone 6-7 m below the seafloor. In this zone, microbial IPLs are dominated by archaeal phosphohydroxyarchaeols and archaeal diglycosidic diethers and tetraethers. Bacterial IPLs dominate surface sediments that are impregnated by severely biodegraded oil. In the sulfate-reduction zone, diagnostic IPLs indicate that sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) play an important role in petroleum degradation. A diverse mixture of phosphohydroxyarchaeols and mixed phospho- and diglycosidic archaeal tetraethers in shallow oil-impregnated sediments point to the presence of anaerobic methane-oxidizing ANME-2 and ANME-1 archaea, respectively, or methanogens. Archaeal IPLs increase in relative abundance with increasing sediment depth and decreasing sulfate concentrations, accompanied by a shift of archaeol-based to tetraether-based archaeal IPLs. The latter shift is suggested to be indicative of a community shift from ANME-2 and/or methanogenic archaea in shallower sediments to ANME-1/methanogenic archaea and possibly benthic archaea in deeper sediments.     

综合大洋钻探计划311航次沉积物中自生黄铁矿及其硫稳定同位素研究

对综合大洋钻探计划(IODP)311航次652个岩心沉积物样品进行了自生黄铁矿颗粒筛选、显微形貌特征及其硫稳定同位素组成等初步研究。扫描电镜(SEM)照片显示黄铁矿以微球粒状和立方体状形貌产出,其成因与微生物作用和无机作用有关。黄铁矿的δ34SCDT值变化范围较大,从-35.4‰到+53.6‰,其成因与甲烷厌氧氧化作用(AOM)的关系密切。海水源为主的硫酸盐参与了沉积物上部的AOM过程,黄铁矿硫稳定同位素正偏的原因可能与较强的AOM作用和较多的残余硫酸盐参与有关。冷泉背景站位中黄铁矿的δ34SCDT值随着深度增加而增加,从浅表层的-35.83‰增加到深处的32.49‰,反映深处沉积物内黄铁矿形成过程中曾有过较多的残余硫酸盐参与还原,暗示其背景曾经是更高的甲烷通量和更强的AOM作用。研究结果提供了现代海洋天然气水合物背景下沉积物中自生黄铁矿及其硫稳定同位素特征记录,对于寻找我国海域天然气水合物资源,探索地史时期古海洋沉积物中甲烷事件记录具有重要的意义。     

南海东北部岩芯沉积物磁性特征及对甲烷事件的指示

在甲烷渗漏海域,沉积物磁化率通常表现出异常的低值特征,这与硫酸盐-甲烷转换带（SMTZ）内甲烷厌氧氧化反应（AOM）的发育而导致的自生矿物的形成作用有关。通过测定南海东北部Site DH-CL11、Site 973-2、Site 973-4三个站位400个岩芯沉积物样品的磁化率,并结合三个站位自生黄铁矿丰度和硫同位素等数据探讨了南海北部天然气水合物潜在区沉积物磁化率的变化特征及其对甲烷渗漏事件的指示意义。结果表明:在甲烷异常渗漏海域,上涌甲烷与下渗硫酸盐在SMTZ内发生AOM反应生成了大量的HS-,造成亚铁磁性矿物大量溶解,同时生成大量顺磁性自生黄铁矿,导致沉积物磁化率的异常降低;但是,在HS-不足时,铁硫化物黄铁矿化不充分,会优先生成胶黄铁矿,进而出现二次磁信号。在天然气水合物潜在海域,沉积物磁化率的异常特征可以反映下部甲烷通量的变化,从而指示下伏天然气水合物藏演化,因此能够成为探测天然气水合物藏的一种间接有效的手段,将有助于我国南海北部海域天然气水合物的勘探。     

沉积物中天然气水合物减压分解实验

基于自行研发的天然气水合物开采实验装置,进行了沉积物中甲烷水合物减压分解实验研究,并用时域反射技术(TDR)实时监测水合物分解过程中其饱和度的变化。实验采用粒径为0.18~0.35 mm的干砂,003%的十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)水溶液和高纯甲烷气体。实验结果表明：水合物减压分解过程中不同层位的温度与水合物饱和度存在差异,体现了一定沉积环境下水合物的分解规律,位于沉积物上层与外侧的水合物先分解;TDR技术测量水合物饱和度时,压力迅速降低不会对TDR波形产生影响,TDR曲线变化仅由水合物分解引起;水合物分解时TDR技术测得其饱和度变化规律与根据分解气体总量计算的结果一致,说明该技术可以准确实时监测水合物饱和度变化。