Selective chemical degradation of kerogen from Nenjiang Formation of the southern Songliao Basin Export

@article{Xiong2007, abstract = {Abstract\ \ A sequential selective chemical degradation has been performed on the kerogen from the Nenjiang Formation of the southern Songliao Basin by using a series of mild chemical degradations (alkaline hydrolysis, cleavage of ether-bonds and sulfur-bonds, and ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) oxidation). Subsequently, the GC-MS analyses are carried out on different degradation products. The results show that chemical degradations can release a great number of GC/MS-determinable biomarkers from insoluble kerogen, such as, alkaline hydrolysis products mainly comprise n-alkanes, fatty acids and alkanols; thiophene compounds are predominantly ether-bound to kerogen matrix; the products from the cleavage of sulfur-sulfur and sulfur-carbon bonds in the kerogen include fatty acids, alkanols and some n-alkanes with high carbon numbers; RuO4 oxidation products are predominantly monocarboxylic acids and α,ω-dicarboxylic acids. The distributions of main degradation products indicate that organic matter in this kerogen is predominantly derived from algae and bacteria, and that small amounts of high plant-derived organic matter are possibly combined into kerogen matrix at the late stage by sulfur bonds and other means. This study will provide an important approach for further discussing sources of organic matter in source rocks and their depositional paleoenvironments.}, author = {Xiong, Yongqiang and Wang, Yongquan and Wang, Yanmei}, citeulike-article-id = {3923782}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-0093-x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/0181886845400282}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s11430-007-0093-x}, journal = {Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences}, keywords = {chemical, cleavage, degradation, ether, kerogen}, number = {10}, pages = {1504--1509}, posted-at = {2009-01-22 12:12:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Selective chemical degradation of kerogen from Nenjiang Formation of the southern Songliao Basin}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-0093-x}, volume = {50}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - Xiong2007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3923782 N2 - Abstract  A sequential selective chemical degradation has been performed on the kerogen from the Nenjiang Formation of the southern Songliao Basin by using a series of mild chemical degradations (alkaline hydrolysis, cleavage of ether-bonds and sulfur-bonds, and ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) oxidation). Subsequently, the GC-MS analyses are carried out on different degradation products. The results show that chemical degradations can release a great number of GC/MS-determinable biomarkers from insoluble kerogen, such as, alkaline hydrolysis products mainly comprise n-alkanes, fatty acids and alkanols; thiophene compounds are predominantly ether-bound to kerogen matrix; the products from the cleavage of sulfur-sulfur and sulfur-carbon bonds in the kerogen include fatty acids, alkanols and some n-alkanes with high carbon numbers; RuO4 oxidation products are predominantly monocarboxylic acids and α,ω-dicarboxylic acids. The distributions of main degradation products indicate that organic matter in this kerogen is predominantly derived from algae and bacteria, and that small amounts of high plant-derived organic matter are possibly combined into kerogen matrix at the late stage by sulfur bonds and other means. This study will provide an important approach for further discussing sources of organic matter in source rocks and their depositional paleoenvironments. IS - 10 JF - Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences EP - 1509 TI - Selective chemical degradation of kerogen from Nenjiang Formation of the southern Songliao Basin VL - 50 SP - 1504 KW - chemical KW - cleavage KW - degradation KW - ether KW - kerogen AU - Xiong, Yongqiang AU - Wang, Yongquan AU - Wang, Yanmei PY - 2007//01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-0093-x ER -