Isotope geochemistry of Swan Lake Basin in the Nebraska Sandhills,USA: Large 13C enrichment in sediment-calcite records

This study presents isotope geochemical analyses conducted on water column samples and core sediments collected from the Swan Lake Basin. Water analyses include the dissolved methane (CH₄) content and the ratio of carbon-13 to carbon-12 (δ¹³C) in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). The core sediments – sandy muds containing inorganic calcite, organic matter, and opal phases ± ostracods – were examined by X-ray diffraction, dated by radiocarbon (¹⁴C), analyzed for wt% organic carbon, wt% organic nitrogen, wt% organic matter, wt% calcite, δ¹³C of bulk-sediment insoluble organic matter (kerogen), ¹⁸O:¹⁶O ratio (δ¹⁸O) and δ¹³C of bulk and ostracod calcite. Of particular significance is the large enrichment in carbon-13 (δ¹³C = +4.5 to +20.4‰ V-PDB) in the calcite of these sediments. The ¹³C-enriched calcite is primarily formed from DIC in the water column of the lake as a result of the following combined processes: (i) the incorporation of ¹³C enriched residual carbon dioxide (CO₂) after partial reduction to CH₄ in the sediments and its migration into the water column-DIC pool; (ii) the preferential assimilation of ¹²C by phytoplankton during photosynthesis; (iii) the removal of ¹³C-depleted CH₄ by ebullition and of organic matter by sedimentation and burial. The ¹³C enrichment was low between 3624 and 2470 yr BP; high between 2470 and 1299 yr BP; and moderate since 1299 yr BP. Low ¹³C enrichment was formed under low water-column carbon levels while higher ones were formed under elevated rates of biomass and calcite deposition. These associations seem to imply that biological productivity is the main reason for carbon-13 enrichments.     

准噶尔盆地滴南凸起含油储集岩分子与碳同位素地球化学研究

从滴南凸起10个含油储集岩样品分步提取了自由态油气组分、束缚态油气组分和油气包裹体组分,各组分进一步做色谱、色谱-质谱和正构烷烃单体碳同位素分析。根据生物标志物组成,可将10个含油储集岩样分为两类：第一类包括D2-1和D18-12个侏罗系油砂样,第二类包括其他8个采自侏罗系、二叠系和石炭系含油储集岩样。两类样品生物标志物组成差异主要有：（1）第一类样品各类油气组分三环萜烷含量明显低于第二类样品;（2）第一类样品 C20、C21和 C23三环萜烷含量比较接近,其分布模式为 C20＆lt;C21＆gt;C23,第二类样品这3个化合物含量差异较大,且分布模式为C20＆gt;C21＆gt;C23;（3）第一类样品伽马蜡烷和β-胡萝卜烷相对含量高于第二类样品;（4）第一类样品C27甾烷含量较低而C28甾烷含量较高,第二类样品则相反。可以推断第一类样品自由态组分、束缚态组分和油气包裹体均来源于二叠系烃源岩而第二类样品各类油气组分则来源于石炭系烃源岩。第一类样品油气包裹体成熟度明显高于自由态组分和束缚态组分,表明早期充注原油的成熟度高于晚期充注的原油,总体上各类油气组分成熟度位于生油高峰阶段（Ro 0.8%~1.1%）。第二类样品从自由态组分、束缚态组分至油气包裹体成熟度依次降低,表明早期充注原油的成熟度低于晚期充注的原油,总体上各类油气组分成熟度位于高-过成熟阶段（Ro〉1.25%）。第一类样品各类油气组分正构烷烃单体碳同位素组成相对较轻,第二类样品各类油气组分正构烷烃单体碳同位素组成有一定的差异,组成较轻者与第一类样品各类油气组分接近。     

土壤蚀变碳酸盐的区域性分布特征及其地球化学意义

土壤蚀变碳酸盐(?C)是油气化探的一个重要指标,在油气化探中得到广泛的使用,并取得了较好的效果。然而由于对?C 的碳源及其具体矿物形态相知较少,导致该法在业内存在一定的质疑。本文通过对不同地区地表土壤样品、海底沉积物以及钻井岩屑样品进行对比分析,研究其碳源、分布特征及矿物形态。结果表明,不同化探样品中?C的含量与所处的地质环境有关,陆地地表土壤样品中?C的含量普遍较高,其次为海底沉积物样品,钻井岩屑样品中的最低;而钻井岩屑样品(还原环境)中?C 的δ13C 值比地表土壤样品及海底沉积物样品(近地表氧化环境)都要偏轻;由此推测形成?C的碳源有无机、有机以及混合源三种,各种来源的 C 对?C 的贡献因化探样品所处的地质环境的不同而不同; X 射线衍射物相分析结果表明,形成ΔC 的CO2除了由方解石和白云石的分解产生外,还有少量的由未知矿物提供。     

40Ar-39Ar同位素定年方法研究进展

^40Ar-^39Ar同位素定年法是由K-Ar法发展而来,通过将39K利用快中子辐照衰变成^39Ar,测量40Ar^＊/^39Ar来获得年龄值.经过长期发展,该方法的测试技术逐渐成熟,其中气体提取发展为常规阶段升温法、激光显微探针法以及真空压碎流体包裹体法;气体纯化主要有冷阱去除法、钛泵吸附法、锆铝泵吸附法;气体测试的质谱仪也在灵敏度、分辨率、背景值等技术指标上有很大提高.^40Ar-^39Ar同位素定年法在石油、固体矿产等方面应用广泛,尤其在油气成藏时间、成岩成矿作用时间的热年代学研究等领域.     

黑龙江宁安英城子热液金矿床流体包裹体的氩同位素激光探针定年与成矿时代讨论

英城子金矿床产于张广才岭岩浆构造带内早古生代花岗岩岩体内部的韧脆性剪切带中,矿体由花岗质糜棱片岩、含硫化物石英脉和纯硫化物脉组成,赋矿围岩为晚奥陶世黑云母二长花岗岩。对含金石英脉中石英流体包裹体进行的40Ar/39Ar激光探针定年结果表明:实验室给定的等时线年龄为207±5.5Ma(40Ar/36Ar Int.=410±11,MSWD=44,n=31),剔除相对误差较大的数据点,运用Isoplot程序拟合的等时线年龄为248±39Ma(40Ar/36Ar Int.=344±54,MSWD=0.37,Probability=0.99)。结合区域构造热事件的发育状况,初步确定该矿床的成矿作用发生在晚二叠世末向早三叠世转化阶段或东段的兴蒙造山运动过程。     

Evidence for progressive Holocene aridification in southern Africa recorded in Namibian hyrax middens: Implications for African Monsoon dynamics and the ‘‘African Humid Period’’

Presented here are stable nitrogen isotope data from a rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) middens from northwestern Namibia that record a series of rapid aridification events beginning at ca. 3800 cal yr BP, and which mark a progressive decrease in regional humidity across the Holocene. Strong correlations exist between this record and other terrestrial and marine archives from southern Africa, indicating that the observed pattern of climate change is regionally coherent. Combined, these data indicate hemispheric synchrony in tropical African climate change during the Holocene, with similar trends characterising the termination of the ‘African Humid Period’ (AHP) in both the northern and southern tropics. These findings run counter to the widely accepted model of direct low-latitude insolation forcing, which requires an anti-phase relationship to exist between the hemispheres. The combined dataset highlights: 1) the importance of forcing mechanisms influencing the high northern latitudes in effecting low-latitude climate change in Africa, and 2) the potential importance of solar forcing and variations in the Earth's geomagnetic shield in determining both long-term and rapid centennial-scale climate changes, identifying a possible mechanism for the variations marking the AHP termination in both the southern and northern tropics.     

秀山上寒武统古油藏地球化学特征及油源分析

秀山上寒武统古油藏沥青主要富集于耿家店组粗晶白云岩晶间孔、晶间溶孔及缝合线中,有机碳含量为3．43％～7．12％,显示其较高的沥青含量。受地表水淋滤氧化作用及微生物降解作用的影响,氯仿沥青“A”及热解烃含量较低,饱和烃含量较低,芳烃、非烃含量较高,轻重烃∑C21-／∑C21＋比值较低。固体碳同位素值具有明显的二分特征,范围分别为-26．7‰-25．6‰和-29．1‰-28．8‰,反映古油藏油气聚集成藏至少有两期,分别来源于不同有机质类型的母岩。根据生物标志化合物、δ13Corg及单体烃同位素对比分析,认为沥青分别来源于下寒武统黑色灰岩和黑色页岩。     

稳定碳氧同位素在沉积相和成岩环境划分中的应用——以柴西南翼山浅油藏储层研究为例

碳酸盐岩中的稳定碳氧同位素可以用来定量恢复沉积环境古盐度、成岩环境,表明沉积物形成后大气淡水参与成岩作用强度,圈定潜在储层等。通过同位素δ^13C、δ^18O值,运用基恩和韦伯方程计算出古盐度参数,可以作为判定沉积环境和成岩环境的标准。以柴西南翼山浅油藏储层为例,运用δ^13C、δ^18O同位素值来判定其古盐度,为沉积相和沉岩作用的划分提供了科学的依据。     

Chemical and Isotopic Composition of Waters and Dissolved Gases in Some Thermal Springs of Sicily and Adjacent Volcanic Islands, Italy

Hydrochemical (major and some minor constituents), stable isotope ( and , δ13C_TDIC total dissolved inorganic carbon) and dissolved gas composition have been determined on 33 thermal discharges located throughout Sicily (Italy) and its adjacent islands. On the basis of major ion contents, four main water types have been distinguished: (1) a Na-Cl type; (2) a Ca-Mg > Na-SO₄-Cl type; (3) a Ca-Mg-HCO₃ type and (4) a Na-HCO₃ type water. Most waters are meteoric in origin or resulting from mixing between meteoric water and heavy-isotope end members. In some samples, δ¹⁸O values reflect the effects of equilibrium processes between thermal waters and rocks (positive ¹⁸O-shift) or thermal waters and CO₂ (negative ¹⁸O-shift). Dissolved gas composition indicates the occurrence of gas/water interaction processes in thermal aquifers. N₂/O₂ ratios higher than air-saturated water (ASW), suggest the presence of geochemical processes responsible for dissolved oxygen consumption. High CO₂ contents (more than 3000 cc/litre STP) dissolved in the thermal waters indicate the presence of an external source of carbon dioxide-rich gas. TDIC content and δ¹³C_TDIC show very large ranges from 4.6 to 145.3 mmol/Kg and from –10.0‰ and 2.8‰, respectively. Calculated values indicate the significant contribution from a deep source of carbon dioxide inorganic in origin. Interaction with Mediterranean magmatic CO₂ characterized by heavier carbon isotope ratios ( value from -3 to 0‰ vs V-PDB (CAPASSO et al., 1997, GIAMMANCO et al., 1998; INGUAGGIATO et al., 2000) with respect to MORB value and/or input of CO₂-derived from thermal decomposition of marine carbonates have been inferred.     

Research on the carbon isotopic composition of organic matter from Lake Chenghai and Caohai Lake sediments

The carbon isotopic composition of organic matter from lake sediments has been extensively used to infer variations in productivity. In this paper, based on the study of the contents and δ13C values of organic matter in different types of lakes, it has been found that δ13C values of organic matter have different responses to lake productivity in different lakes. As to the lakes dominated by aqutic macrophytes such as Lake Caohai, organic matter becomes enriched in 13C with increasing productivity. As to the lakes dominated by aquatic algae such as Lake Chenghai, δ13C values of organic matter decrease with increasing productivity, and the degradation of aquatic algae is the main factor leading to the decrease of δ13C values of organic matter with increasing productivity. Therefore, we should be cautious to use the carbon isotopic composition of organic matter to deduce lake productivity.