The Diversity of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments and the Suspiciousness of Source Parameters: A Review

There are various types of Organic Matter (OM) in marine sediments, and it is of great significance to accurately estimate the source of them. The methods used in most researches include element ratio (C/N), stable isotopes (δ¹³C) and biomarkers (BIT), all of which are used for the whole sample as objects and calculated by end-member of terrestrial and marine source OM, respectively. However, OM is preserved in different ways, such as on its own recalcitrance or combining with inorganic minerals. Preservation differences make their respective parameter values change. After differential sedimentary by gravity or other factors,different preservation types of OM are enriched or dispersed, making some parameters distorted and even meaningless in some areas. Therefore, the parameters of OM measured by the whole sample are influenced by the source of OM and the way of deposition and preservation. Therefore, it is unreliable to use these parameters to study the source of OM without considering the way of preservation. Based on this, this paper put forward a method of particle separation to separate the sediment in different propertied and preservation types. According to the composition and characteristics of the OM at the specific grain level, the corresponding index and end-members value were used to calculate more accurate proportion of the OM. It is of profound significance to understand the production, aggregation, occurrence, migration and deposition of OM and its evolution in the entire carbon cycle.     

海洋沉积物中有机质早期成岩矿化路径及其相对贡献

陆架边缘海沉积物是重要的生物地球化学反应器,海洋中90%以上的有机质沉积于此并在早期成岩作用过程中矿化.其矿化路径包括有氧呼吸、反硝化、锰氧化物还原、铁氧化物还原、SO4(-2)还原和CO2还原,并按生成自由能减少的顺序依次发生,构成理想的氧化还原序列.定量研究有机碳矿化路径及其对有机质矿化的相对贡献对揭示能量分配和碳...     

洱海沉积物中有机质和DNA的分布特征

测定了洱海沉积物中有机碳、氮,提取了沉积物中的DNA。有机碳氮呈现相同的变化趋势降解主要发生在表层10cm;7cm前后氧化-还原条件变化,微生物电子受体改变,所以有机质的降解方式不同,出现不同的特征。利用分子生物学和地球化学相结合的方法,能更全面的认识和理解早期成岩过程。     

Phosphorus Cycling and Burial in Sediments of a Seasonally Hypoxic Marine Basin

Recycling of phosphorus (P) from sediments contributes to the development of bottom-water hypoxia in many coastal systems. Here, we present results of a year-long assessment of P dynamics in sediments of a seasonally hypoxic coastal marine basin (Lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands) in 2012. Sequential phosphorus extractions (SEDEX) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) indicate that P was adsorbed to Fe-(III)-(oxyhydr)oxides when cable bacteria were active in the surface sediments in spring. With the onset of summer hypoxia, sulphide-induced dissolution of the Fe-(III)-(oxyhydr)oxides led to P release to the pore water and overlying water. The similarity in authigenic Ca-P concentrations in the sediment and suspended matter suggest that Ca-P is not formed in situ. The P burial efficiency was ≤ 32%. Hypoxia-driven sedimentary P recycling had a major impact on the water-column chemistry in the basin in 2012. Water-column monitoring data indicate up to ninefold higher surface water concentrations of phosphate in the basin in the late 1970s and a stronger hypoxia-driven seasonal P release from the sediment. The amplified release of P from the sediment in the past is attributed to the presence of a larger pool of Fe-bound P in the basin prior to the first onset of hypoxia. Given that P is not limiting, primary production in the basin has not been affected by the decadal changes in P availability and recycling over the past 40 years. The changes in P dynamics on decadal time scales were not recorded in sediment profiles of total P or organic C/total P.     

海相生烃碎屑岩的沉积环境及有机质的分布

湖相与海相生烃岩的沉积环境不完全相同。文章根据国内外有关海相生烃岩沉积环境的资料，探讨了富含有机质泥岩的沉积模式。古海洋学、地层层系及浮游有孔虫的研究成果表明环北大平洋地区生烃岩出现的层位及沉积时的古气候有相似性。笔者还应用层序地层学及有机地化资料，讨论了有机质的分布及其控制因素。     

海洋沉积物有机碳和稳定氮同位素分析的前处理影响

海洋沉积物中的有机碳和稳定氮同位素为海洋古环境和碳氮循环提供了大量信息,然而不同的前处理方法对有机碳和稳定氮同位素测定结果的准确性产生不同程度的影响.笔者通过大量条件实验,分析了前处理过程中影响结果准确性的可能因素.①器皿材质:使用聚丙烯和玻璃离心管进行酸处理所得样品的δ13C和δ15N基本无差别.②干燥方式:样品经热烘干燥会导致样品中轻碳组分和易挥发组分的逸散,引起样品中δ13C的分馏.鲜样和酸处理后样均采用热烘干燥会引起样品中δ15N发生明显分馏.③驱酸方式和洗酸程度:水洗造成溶解性有机碳和氮的损失,致使δ13C和δ15N值较真实值偏正,但酸蒸法不能保证氯离子的有效驱除.洗至中性后的洗酸次数对δ13C影响甚小,但会导致δ15N继续偏正.全程采用冷冻干燥,选用PP离心管作为主要酸处理水洗和干燥的器皿,具有很好的重复性,可获得较理想、准确的δ13C和δ15N测试数值.     

Oxidation and Origin of Organic Matter in Surficial Eastern Mediterranean Hemipelagic Sediments

Aerobic mineralisation of C_org in surface sedimentsof the deep (>2000 m water depth) eastern Mediterranean Sea has been quantified by analysis of detailedbox core C_org concentration versus depth profiles and the modelling environment for early diageneticproblems MEDIA. The reactive fraction comprises 60–80% of the total C_org reachingthe sediments and is largely oxidised within the surficial 10 cm. A non-reactive C _orgfraction (G_NR) dominates at depths >10 cm, and makes up20–40% of the total C _org flux to the sediments. First-order rateconstants for decomposition of the reactive fraction calculated from theC _org profiles range from 5.4 × 10^-3 to8.0 × 10^-3 y^-1 to 8.0 × 10^-3 y^-1. Total mineralization rates in thesurface sediment are between 1.7 and 2.6 mol C cm^-2 y^-1 and thus are typical for oligotrophic, deep-seaenvironments. The low fluxes and rapid remineralisation of C _org are accompanied by²¹⁰Pb_excess surface mixed layers which are only 2 cm deep, among the thinnest reported for oxygenated marine sediments.Model results indicate a mismatch between the C _org profiles and O₂ microprofileswhich were measured onboard ship. This can be attributed to a combination of decompression artefactsaffecting onboard measurement of the O₂ profiles or the leakage ofoxygen into the core during handling on deck. Furthermore, the used D_b values, based on ²¹⁰Pb, may not befully appropriate; calculations with higher D_b values improve the O₂ fits. The surficial sediment¹³C _org values of -22 become less negative with increasing depth and decreasing C _orgconcentrations. The major ¹³C change occurs in the top 3 to 4 cm and coincides with the interval weremost of the organic carbon oxidation takes place. This indicates that the reactive fractionof organic matter, commonly assumed to be marine, has a more negative ¹³C _orgthan the refractory fraction, usually held to be terrestrial. Palaeoproductivity estimates calculated from thesediment data by means of literature algorithms yield low surface productivities(12–88 gC m^-2 y^-1), which are in good agreement with field measurements of primary productivity in otherstudies. Such values are, however, significantly lower than those indicated by recent productivitymaps of the area derived from satellite imagery (>100 gC m^-2 y^-1).     

Recycling of Organic Matter in the Sediments of Santa Monica Basin,California Borderland

Geochemical and isotopic data for the uppermost 1.2 m of the sediments of the central Santa Monica Basin plain were examined to better understand organic matter deposition and recycling at this site. Isotopic signatures (Δ¹⁴C and δ¹³C) of methane (CH₄) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) indicate the occurrence of anaerobic oxidation of CH₄ that is fueled by CH₄ supplied from a relict reservoir that is decoupled from local organic carbon (C_org) degradation and methanogenesis. This finding was corroborated by a flux budget of pore-water solutes across the basal horizon of the profile. Together these results provide a plausible explanation for the anomalously low ratio between alkalinity production and sulfate consumption reported for these sediments over two decades ago. Shifts in Δ¹⁴C and δ¹³C signatures of C_org have previously been reported across the 20-cm depth horizon for this site and attributed to a transition from oxic to anoxic bottom water that occurred ~350 years BP. However, we show that this horizon also coincides with a boundary between the base of a hemipelagic mud section and the top of a turbidite interval, complicating the interpretation of organic geochemical data across this boundary. Radiocarbon signatures of DIC diffusing upward into surface sediments indicate that remineralization at depth is supported by relatively ¹⁴C-enriched C_org within the sedimentary matrix. While the exact nature of this C_org is unclear, possible sources are hemipelagic mud sections that were buried rapidly under thick turbidites, and ¹⁴C-rich moieties dispersed within C_org-poor turbidite sections.     

华南碳酸盐岩型铀矿床中有机质及其与铀成矿的关系

华南碳酸盐岩铀矿床,分布广泛,产于泥盒—二叠纪的各地层中。矿床受岩相、构造、水文地球化学等多种条件控制。矿化与有机质关系密切,而有机质的分布受泻湖相带控制。经研究对比,与成矿有关的有机质属于腐泥型,来源于海相微体生物和藻类。铀在各地层中的含量不均匀,富里酸和腐殖酸是含铀的主要有机质。     

哈素海沉积物中氮和有机质的分布特征

针对哈素海富营养化日趋严重的现实,系统开展了湖泊沉积物中不同形态氮及有机质的空间分布和污染特征研究。结果表明,表层沉积物中TN、Org N、NH+4 N及有机质的水平分布均表现经向分异特征,Org N的分布特征主导了TN的水平分布格局,有机质与TN具有强相关性。沉积柱芯中TN随深度增加而递减,有机质和Org N与TN的垂向分布相似,尽管 NH+4 N的垂直变化分异较大,但仍表现于表层富集的特点。Org N为表层沉积物和沉积柱芯中氮的主导形态,NH+4 N为无机氮的主导形态,成岩过程中,沉积物中TN只有极少部分在发生矿化。沉积物中有机质主要来源于湖中芦苇等大型挺水植物及陆源输入。哈素海表层沉积物的氮污染对底栖生物已经产生了严重的生态毒性效应,对底栖生物群落及整个水生生态系统构成了严重威胁。     

Microelectrode Study of Oxygen Uptake and Organic Matter Decomposition in The Sediments of Xiamen Western Bay

Sediment cores were sampled from Xiamen Western Bay at five sites during the summer and winter of 2006 and Hg–Au microelectrodes were used to make on board measurements of the concentration gradients of dissolved oxygen, Mn²⁺, and Fe²⁺ within the sediments. The O₂ concentrations decreased sharply from about 200 μmol L⁻¹ in the bottom seawater to zero within a depth of a few millimeters into the sediment. Dissolved Mn²⁺ was detected below the oxic zones with peak concentrations up to 600 μmol L⁻¹, whereas dissolved Fe²⁺ had peak concentrations up to 1,000 μmol L⁻¹ in deeper layers. The elemental contents of organic carbon and nitrogen within the sediments were analyzed and their C/N ratios were in the range of 9.0 to 10.1, indicative of heavy terrestrial origin. Sediments from two sites near municipal wastewater discharge outlets had higher organic contents than those from the other sites. These high organic contents corresponded to shallow O₂ penetration depths, high dissolved Mn²⁺ and Fe²⁺ concentrations, and negative redox potentials within the sediments. This indicated that the high organic matter content had promoted microbial respiration within the sediments. Overall, the organic content did not show any appreciable decrease with increasing sediment depths, so a quadratic polynomial function was used to fit the curve of O₂ profiles within the sediments. Based on the O₂ profiles, O₂ fluxes across the seawater and sediment interface were estimated to be in the range 6.07 to 14.9 mmol m⁻² day⁻¹, and organic carbon consumption rates within the surface sediments were estimated to be in the range 3.3 to 20.8 mgC cm⁻³ a⁻¹. The case demonstrated that biogeochemistry within the sediments of the bay was very sensitive to human activities such as sewage discharge.     

吐哈盆地十红滩铀矿床铀成矿过程中微生物—有机质相互作用研究

生物、有机质成矿作用是目前国际成矿作用研究前沿领域。本文以我国典型层间氧化带砂岩型铀矿床——吐哈盆地十红滩铀矿床为研究对象,分析了矿床的有机质、微生物地球化学特征,探讨了有机质和微生物的相互作用。认为好氧微生物积极地参与了矿床层间氧化带的形成。氧化带铁的生物氧化作用催化了铀的氧化、溶解以及迁移,为铀成矿提供了重要的铀源条件。在氧化还原过渡带,硫酸盐还原菌利用有机质生物化学作用的产物——轻烃和可溶有机物作为碳源,使容矿层地下水中硫酸盐发生还原作用形成硫化氢,地下水Eh降低和pH向弱酸性转化,导致铀的还原成矿和吸附成矿作用,有机质和微生物的相互作用对矿床的形成具有重要的控制作用。     

海相烃源岩有机质丰度的影响因素

影响海相烃源岩有机质丰度的因素主要为有机质来源、生物生产率以及沉积环境,其次是矿物岩石作用和沉积速率,其他因素还包括微量元素、物理化学作用、保存条件和演化程度等。以甲藻、颗石藻等浮游藻类为有机质来源的海相烃源岩有机质丰度往往很高,TOC一般大于1%。在高生物生产率海洋区域,海相有机质具有很高的富集程度。海相烃源岩大多形成于弱碱性水、咸水以及弱水动力的还原环境。     

青藏高原清水河冻结湖相沉积有机质特征和古湖泊环境变化

青藏高原清水河冻结湖相沉积有机质以内源为主并保存较好;钻孔５０￣４００ｃｍ深度样品中有机质组成特征参数具有相同的变化趋势,可溶有机质／有机碳和烷烃／非烃分别为５％￣１３％和０．２￣０．５,这些比值作为指示水生高等植物和浮游生物对总有机质的贡献大小的指标,可用以指示古湖泊水深的相对变化。     

Recolonisation by Macrobenthos Mobilises Organic Phosphorus from Reoxidised Baltic Sea Sediments

In recent decades, eutrophication has increased the extent of hypoxic and anoxic conditions in many coastal marine environments. In such conditions, the nutrient flux across the sediment?Cwater interface is a key process controlling the biogeochemical dynamics, and thereby the level and character of biological production. In some areas, management attempts to drive the ecosystem towards phosphorus (P) limitation, which calls for reliable knowledge on the mechanisms controlling P-cycling. We report a well-controlled laboratory experiment on benthic fluxes of P, when shifting from a state of hypoxic and azoic sediments to oxic and zoic bottom conditions. Adding any of three types of macrobenthic fauna (mysid shrimp, pontoporeid amphipod and tellinid clam) to oxygenated aquarium sections resulted in benthic P fluxes that differed consistently from the azoic control sections. All species caused liberation of dissolved organically bound P (DOP) from the sediment, in contrast to the azoic systems. The shrimp and the amphipod also resuspended the sediment, which resulted in a release of P bound to particles (>0.45???m). Dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) was released during hypoxic conditions, but was taken up after oxygenation, irrespective of the presence or absence of bottom fauna. In the presence of fauna, the uptake of DIP roughly equalled the release of DOP, suggesting that the benthic efflux of DOP following oxygenation and bottom fauna (re)colonisation might be considerable. This is an hitherto overlooked animal-controlled nutrient flux, which is missing from coastal marine P budgets.     

微波消解-磷钒钼黄光度法测定海洋沉积物中总磷

采用微波消解样品,磷钒钼黄光度法测定海洋沉积物中总磷。优化了消解用酸的种类和用量、消解时间、消解温度等微波消解条件。选择HNO3作为消解剂,消解最终温度190℃,保持时间15 min,总磷的测定快速和准确。探讨了显色酸度(微波消解液是否需要赶酸)和稀释倍数等测定条件。对两种国家一级沉积物标准物质GBW07314和GBW07311进行分析验证,测定值与标准值相符,相对标准偏差(RSD,n=6)分别为0.74%和1.66%。与常规消解方法进行比对实验,测定结果无显著性差异。与国标GB 17378.5方法相比,该法具有简单、快速、准确、空白值低、环境污染少等优点。在实际样品测定中,取得了满意的结果,适用于海洋沉积物中总磷的测定。     

中国近海沉积物氮和有机碳标准物质的研制

我国海洋沉积物的研究近几年发展较快,但是缺少有定值的氮、有机碳标准物质。本文针对及其匮乏的氮、有机碳国家二级标准物质进行了我国近海沉积物总氮(TN)、总碳(TC)、总有机碳(TOC)含量的分析标准参考物质的研制。研究样品采自"我国近海海洋综合调查与评价"专项提供的表层沉积物,经过冷冻干燥、研磨至74μm,使用元素分析仪和氧化热解-气相色谱法分析总氮和总碳的含量;使用元素分析仪和氧化热解-电位法分析总有机碳的含量,制备了一系列16个有定值的总氮、总碳、总有机碳含量的近海沉积物标准物质。样品在均匀性检验中,F的实测值小于临界值,相对偏差较小,样品的均匀性较好。在稳定性检验方面,两年内多次测定的分析结果无方向性变化,统计计算结果显示稳定性良好。本文研制的这16个近海沉积物标准物质在3家实验室进行了联合定值,按照ISO导则35和国家一级标准物质研制规范,给出了该系列标准物质总氮、总碳、总有机碳含量的标准值和不确定度。这批标准物质分为不同海区,不同海区的标准物质又分为不同的沉积物类型,研制的不同海区不同沉积物类型的标准物质对现有的海洋沉积物标准物质进行了有效的补充。     

鄂尔多斯盆地北部直罗组有机质特征及与铀成矿关系

本文研究了鄂尔多斯盆地典型铀矿床的有机质与铀成矿的关系。探讨了煤屑的赋存状态、煤质特征及成熟度,认为煤屑的演化程度均较低,处于低成熟阶段,有利于对铀的吸附。总体上看煤质有机质和铀矿化关系密切,铀含量与煤屑含量呈正相关关系,对铀矿物为吸附态形式。通过对该区油气包裹体的研究认为,该区存在多期次的成岩方解石胶结过程,并伴随多期次的油气包裹体发育,尤以晚期的胶结方解石矿物中存在丰富的晚期油气包裹体。研究认为晚期可能发生过油、气的运移和聚集,铀矿床的形成与赋矿砂岩中有机流体或还原性气体的充注和络合作用密切相关,因而这些丰富的有机流体和还原性气体对于铀的富集沉淀具有重要意义。     

藏南白垩系黑-红层沉积岩有机质组成分布特征

对藏南江孜县床得剖面白垩系黑层和红层沉积岩进行的有机地球化学研究表明,黑层有机碳含量高于红层5～10倍,红层和黑层饱和烃主峰碳数分别为nC25和nC23;黑层和红层沉积有机质的母质来源都以水生植物和菌藻类等低等生物为主,陆源有机质的输入非常有限;但饱和烃的分布和主峰碳数的差异可能反映了有机母源物质在种群方面的差异,而这种差异可能主要是水体温度存在差异造成的,即红层发育时期水体温度可能高于黑层沉积时期.而在高温度条件下,水生生物和陆生植物的生长发育受到限制,造成原始有机质产率和有机质沉积保存量低可能是红层沉积岩形成的主要原因.     

鄂尔多斯盆地东北缘侏罗系铀矿化与有机质的某些关联

许多中—新生代盆地沉积充填中铀矿化显著,有机质丰富,铀矿与有机能源同盆共存,铀矿化与有机质内在关联备受关注。鄂尔多斯盆地东北缘东胜—准格尔旗地区侏罗系直罗组下部铀矿化砂岩平均铀含量（128.4×10-6）高出含铀泥岩2个数量级,铀富集成矿以砂岩为主岩并伴随显著的方解石化、高岭石化等低温热液蚀变;铀矿化岩层富有机质,其氯仿沥青“A”中非烃和沥青质占优势,饱和烃/芳香烃比值多大于1,Ⅱ型有机质为主。铀矿化砂岩的有机碳平均丰度（0.47%）比含铀泥岩低1个数量级,前者铀含量与有机质丰度呈负相关,有机质的氯仿沥青“A”含量0.0056%~0.0341%、A/C比值为0.79%~32.34%,处在成熟阶段;而后者铀含量与有机质丰度呈正相关,有机质的氯仿沥青“A”含量0.0049%~0.4937%、A/C比值为0.12%~17.78%,处在未成熟阶段。砂岩中铀富集成矿明显经历了伴随有机质氧化、成熟和分解的晚成岩—后生期含铀热液过程,而泥岩中的铀主要是同生—早成岩阶段粘土有机吸附沉积的。铀矿化砂岩中热液蚀变方解石的δ13CVPDB =-2.7‰～-14.0‰,δ18OVSMOW =18.4‰～20.0‰;热液蚀变高岭石的δ18OVSMOW= 12.6‰～13.8‰,δD(水)VSMOW=-116‰～-133‰,与高岭石平衡流体的δ18O(水)VSMOW =1.8‰～6.1‰,指示含铀成矿热液中CO2主要是有机质氧化脱羟基产物,水来自经过富含有机质地层循环演化了的盆地流体。研究区盆地流体中铀元素在砂岩层内流动和沉淀成矿与地层中有机质的氧化分解相伴发生。