Assessing Possibilities and Limitations for Biomarker Analyses on Outcrop Samples: A Case Study on Carbonates of the Shibantan Member (Ediacaran Period,Dengying Formation,South China)

Abstract: The Shibantan Member (Dengying Formation, South China) represents one of only two carbonate settings with Ediacara-type organisms and offers a rare opportunity to study the biogeochemistry of these ecosystems. To evaluate possibilities and limitations for future biomarker studies on fossil-bearing outcrop samples of the Shibantan Member, we analysed the spatial distribution of hydrocarbons in extractable organic matter (i.e. bitumen) on a millimetre scale. Our study demonstrates that the sample and most likely also other rocks from the same setting are contaminated with petroleum-derived compounds that bear the potential for erroneous interpretations in palaeo-reconstructions. The contamination was revealed by distribution patterns and amounts of extractable n-alkanes and acyclic isoprenoids. The contamination is linked to the external weathering surfaces but also to cracks within the rock, and the extent most likely depends on concentration gradients between these contamination sources. Here we show that contamination can successfully be distinguished from syngenetic signals obtained from non-extractable organic matter (i.e. kerogen) using catalytic hydropyrolysis (HyPy). However, we observed that decalcification is necessary to achieve sufficient yields of kerogen-bound hydrocarbons and to avoid artificial alteration of the biomarker signals due to matrix effects.     

地震和爆炸的P波层析成像——第二部分：由时频地震图得到的2004年苏门答腊-安达曼地震的断层破裂特征（英文）

本文分析了2004年12月26日苏门答腊-安达曼地震的宽频带地震图。目的是通过不同频率成分的子事件的发生时间了解断层的破裂过程。具体分析的是由相应宽频带地震记录得到的P波的时频地震图。分析结果说明,在S波到达前的时窗内发生了最大辐射强度的相应频率低于1 Hz的15次较大子事件,但在同样的时窗内,还发生了最大辐射强度的频...     

由地震和爆炸激发的地震P波层析成像——第一部分基本概念与理论

地震波的数字宽频带观测日益普遍,它们正在取代传统的观测,因为后者仅仅给出了地震震源产生的地震波场的部分图像.新的观测提供了远场地震波场的丰富信息,有的似乎是全部信息.然而宽带记录看上去很复杂,如果需要提取更详细的震源过程的信息和相关介质的结构的信息,就需要新的分析方法.为了识别到达观测点的地震信号的形态,我们引入谱地震图的方法.据此,传统的地震波场的显示方法不能呈现的信息细节可以被呈现出来.