- 责任者：Luo Genming (Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education ; China University of Geosciences ; Wuhan 430074 ; China) ; Xie Shucheng
- 刊名：Journal of China University of Geosciences
- 出版年：2008
- 卷期：19(5)
- 关键词：Precambrian ; lipid ; primary productivity ; sedimentary environment ; hydrocarbon source rock
- 页码：p. 567–576
- 图表：3 illus., 1 table, 52 refs.
- issnNo：ISSN1002-0705
- isbnNo：CN42-1279/P
The molecular organic compounds have been identified by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) from Mesoproterozoic rocks in the Xuanlong depression in North China. The main saturated compounds are n-alkanes, monomethylalkanes, n-alkylcyclohexanes, acyclic isoprenoids, and hopanes. The dominant lower-molecular-weight n-alkanes are indicative of the main contribution of microorganisms, in particular, the chemosynthetic bacteria. The presence of abundant monomethylalkanes (mid- and end-branched) and the long chained (>C20) acyclic isoprenoids indicates the existence of abundant bacteria and/or archaea in ancient oceans. The low abundance of pristane and phytane is suggestive of the relatively low abundance of photosynthetic autotrophs in comparison with chemosynthetic bacteria in the Mesoproterozoic oceans in North China. The sedimentary environmental condition is suboxic/anoxic, as indicated by the low value of the Pr/Ph ratio as well as the presence of abundant sulfur-bearing organic compounds, consistent with the other geochemical data in North China and elsewhere in the world. Both the composition of the primary producers and the sedimentary environmental conditions are favorable for the formation of hydrocarbon source rocks.