摘要
N\|alkanes in extracts from possible carbonate source rocks of the Lower Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the central gas field of the Shanganning Basin and the Upper Sinian Dengying Formation in the Weiyuan gas field of the Sichuan Basin, are characterized by bimodal distributions with the dominant carbon numbers in the range C\- 17 \|C\- 21 and C\- 25 \|C\- 29 . In most samples, the lower carbon number components are present in greater abundance than the higher carbon number ones. Most samples contain significant concentrations of waxy hydrocarbons(C\- 22+ ) with C\- 21- /C\- 22+ ratios between 0.50 to 3.16, and an average value of 1.34. The n\|alkanes in extracts of outcrops and shallow core samples of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks in the western and southern parts of the North China Basin are of unimodal distributions dominated by n\|alkanes maximizing in the C\- 25 \|C\- 29 range. These extracts have very high concentrations of waxy hydrocarbons with C\- 21- /C\- 22+ ratios all <1.0, ranging from 0 14 to 0 90 and averaging 0.36. All of the extracts have a marked odd/even predominance in the high molecular weight n\|alkane range regardless of whether they are from shallow or deep cores or outcrop samples. Simulation experiments were performed using typical sapropelic\|type kerogens from the immature Sinian Lower Xiamalin Formation carbonate\|rich shales collected at Jixian, Hebei Province, North China Basin, and the contemporary microplanktonic blue\|green algae Spirulina subsala. Results indicate that the unusual distribution of n\|alkanes in the extracts of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks possibly originated from algae in the source rocks at high levels of maturity and overmaturity.
N\|alkanes in extracts from possible carbonate source rocks of the Lower Ordovician Majiagou Formation in the central gas field of the Shanganning Basin and the Upper Sinian Dengying Formation in the Weiyuan gas field of the Sichuan Basin, are characterized by bimodal distributions with the dominant carbon numbers in the range C\- 17 \|C\- 21 and C\- 25 \|C\- 29 . In most samples, the lower carbon number components are present in greater abundance than the higher carbon number ones. Most samples contain significant concentrations of waxy hydrocarbons(C\- 22+ ) with C\- 21- /C\- 22+ ratios between 0.50 to 3.16, and an average value of 1.34. The n\|alkanes in extracts of outcrops and shallow core samples of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks in the western and southern parts of the North China Basin are of unimodal distributions dominated by n\|alkanes maximizing in the C\- 25 \|C\- 29 range. These extracts have very high concentrations of waxy hydrocarbons with C\- 21- /C\- 22+ ratios all <1.0, ranging from 0 14 to 0 90 and averaging 0.36. All of the extracts have a marked odd/even predominance in the high molecular weight n\|alkane range regardless of whether they are from shallow or deep cores or outcrop samples. Simulation experiments were performed using typical sapropelic\|type kerogens from the immature Sinian Lower Xiamalin Formation carbonate\|rich shales collected at Jixian, Hebei Province, North China Basin, and the contemporary microplanktonic blue\|green algae Spirulina subsala. Results indicate that the unusual distribution of n\|alkanes in the extracts of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks possibly originated from algae in the source rocks at high levels of maturity and overmaturity.
基金
This research project was financially supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GrantNo .KZCX2 111)
关键词
海藻
中国
海相碳酸盐岩
链烷
双峰分面
成熟期
China
marine carbonate source rock
high maturity and overmaturity
n\|alkane
bimodal distribution
odd/even predominance
alga
