Geochemical significance of the aromatic hydrocarbon distribution in the bitumens of the Puertollano oil shales, Spain

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Borrego, A G ^a,b   Blanco, C G ^b   Puttmann W ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arborane fernane derivatives; Phenanthrene derivatives; Puertollano oil shales; Stephanian rock

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OIL SHALE;

ARBORANE FERNANE DERIVATIVES; BITUMENS; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVES; PUERTOLLANO OIL SHALES; SPAIN; STEPHANIAN ROCK;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARBORANE; BITUMEN; CARBONIFEROUS; FERNANE; OIL SHALE; PHENANTHRENE; STEPHANIAN;

SPAIN, CASTILLE-LA MANCHA, CIUDAD REAL, PUERTOLLANO BASIN;

EID: 0030616280     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00158-1     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. van Aarssen B. G. K. and de Leeuw J. W. (1992) High-molecular-mass substances in resinites as possible precursors of specific hydrocarbons in fossil fuels. Org. Geochem. 19, 315-326.
2. Alexander R., Kagi R. I., Singh R. K. and Sosrowidjojo I. M. (1994) The effect of maturity on the relative abundances of cadalene and isocadalene in sediments from the Gippsland Basin, Australia. Org. Geochem. 21, 115-120.
3. Aquino Neto F. R., Trigüis J., Azevedo D. A., Rodrigues R. and Simoneit B. R. T. (1992) Organic geochemistry of geographically unrelated Tasmanites. Org. Geochem. 18, 791-808.
4. Azevedo D. A., Aquino Neto F. R. and Simoneit B. R. T. (1990) Mass spectrometric characteristics of a novel series of ring-C monoaromatic tricyclic terpanes found in Tasmanian tasmanite. Org. Mass Spectrom. 25, 475-480.
5. Azevedo D. A., Aquino Neto F. R., Simoneit B. R. T. and Pinto A. C. (1992) Novel series of ring-C monoaromatic tricyclic terpanes found in Tasmanian tasmanite. Org. Geochem. 18, 9-16.
6. Borrego A. G. (1992) Relaciones entre la petrología y la geoquímica de la materia orgánica en pizarras bituminosas españolas. Ph.D. Thesis, 437 pp. Universidad de Oviedo.
7. Borrego A. G., Prado J. G., Fuente E., Guillén M. D. and Blanco C. G. (1995). Relationships between petrographic composition and thermal behaviour of some Spanish oil shales. In Coal Science (Edited by Pajares J. A. and Tascón J. M. D.), pp. 283-286. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
8. Borrego A. G., Hagemann H. W., Prado J. G., Guillén M. D. and Blanco C. G. (1996a) Comparative petrographic and geochemical study of the Puertollano oil shale kerogens. Org. Geochem. 24, 309-321.
9. 1HNMR and FTIR spectroscopic studies of bitumen and shale oil from selected Spanish oil shales. Energy and Fuels 10, 77-84.
10. Borrego A. G., Hagemann H. W., Prado J. G., Guillén M. D., Bernard P. and Blanco C. G. (unpublished) A comparative geochemical study of the bitumens from the Puertollano oil shales. Fuel (submitted).
11. Brassell S. J. and Eglinton G. (1983) Steroids and triterpenoids in deep sea sediments as environmental diagenetic indicators. In Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1981 (Edited by Bjorøy M. et al.), pp. 684-697. Wiley and Sons, Chichester.
12. Chaffee A. and Fookes C. (1988) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Australian coals III. Structural elucidation by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Org. Geochem. 12, 261-271.
13. Chaffee A. and Johns R. B. (1983) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Australian coals I. Angularly fused pentacyclic tri-and tetraaromatic components from Victorian brown coals. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 47, 2141-2155.
14. 35) occurring in sediments and oils from anoxic paleoenvironments. Org. Geochem. 11, 103-113.
15. Freeman K. H., Boreham C. J., Summons R. E. and Hayes J. M. (1994) The effect of aromatization on the isotopic composition of hydrocarbons during early diagenesis. Org. Geochem. 21, 1037-1049.
16. Greiner A., Spyckerelle C., Albrecht P. and Ourisson G. (1977) Aromatic hydrocarbons from geological sources. Part V. Mono-and di-aromatic hopane derivatives. J. Chem. Res. (M), 3829-3871.
17. Hauke V., Graff R., Wehrung P., Trendel J. M., Albrecht P., Schwark L., Keely B. and Peakman T. (1992a) Novel triperpene-derived hydrocarbons of the arborane/ fernane series in sediments: Part I. Tetrahedron 48, 3915-3924.
18. Hauke V., Graff R., Wehrung P., Trendel J. M., Albrecht P., Riva A., Hopfgartner G., Gülacar F., Buchs A. and Eakin P. (1992b) Novel triperpene-derived hydrocarbons of the arborane/fernane series in sediments: Part II. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56, 3595-3602.
19. Hauke V., Graff R., Wehrung P., Trendel J. M., Albrecht P., Riva A. and Connan J. (1993) Rearranged des-E-hopanoid hydrocarbons in sediments and petroleum. Org. Geochem. 20, 415-423.
20. Hauke V., Adam P., Trendel J. M., Albrecht P., Vliex M., Schwark, Hagemann H. W. and Püttmann W. (1995) Isoarborinol through geological times: Evidence for its presence in the Permian and Triassic. Org. Geochem. 23, 91-95.
21. Hayatsu R., Botto R. E., Scott R. G., McBeth R. L. and Winans R. E. (1987) Thermal catalytic transformation of pentacyclic triterpenoids: Alteration of geochemical fossils during coalification. Org. Geochem. 11, 245-250.
22. Hussler G., Connan J. and Albrecht P. (1984) Novel families of tetra-and hexacyclic aromatic hopanoids predominant in carbonate rocks and crude oils. Org. Geochem. 6, 39-49.
23. Jaffé R. and Hausmann K. B. (1995) Origin and early diagenesis of arborinone/isoarborinol in sediments of a highly productive freshwater lake. Org. Geochem. 22, 231-235.
24. Killops S. D. (1991) Novel aromatic hydrocarbons of probable bacterial origin in a Jurassic lacustrine sequence. Org. Geochem. 17, 25-36.
25. Laflamme R. E. and Hites R. A. (1979) Tetra-and pentacyclic, naturally-occurring, aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 43, 1687-1691.
26. Lohmann F., Trendel J. M., Hetru C. and Albrecht P. (1989) C-29 tritiated β-amyrin: chemical synthesis aiming at the study of aromatization processes in sediments. J. Labelled Compd. Radiopharm. 28, 359-377.
27. Moldowan J. M., Seifert W. K. and Gallegos E. J. (1983) Identification of an extended series of tricyclic terpanes in petroleum. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 47, 1531-1534.
28. Ohmoto T., Ikuse M. and Natori S. (1970) Triterpenoids of the graminae. Phytochemistry 9, 2137-2148.
29. Ourisson G., Albrecht P. and Rohmer M. (1979) The hopanoids, palaeochemistry and biochemistry of a group of natural products. Pure Appl. Chem. 51, 709-729.
30. Ourisson G., Albrecht P. and Rohmer M. (1982) Predictive microbial biochemistry. From molecular fossils to procaryotic membranes. Trends Biochem. Sci. 7, 236-239.
31. Peters K. E. and Moldowan J. M. (1993) The Biomarker Guide. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 363 pp.
32. Püttmann W. and Villar H. (1987) Occurrence and geochemical significance of 1,2,5,6-tetramethylnaphthalene. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 51, 3029-5023.
33. Radke M., Welte D. H. and Willsch H. (1982) Geochemical study of a well in the western Canada Basin. Relation of aromatic distribution pattern to maturity of organic matter. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 46, 1-10.
34. Rinaldi G. G. L., Leopold V. M. and Koons C. B. (1988) Presence of benzohopanes, monoaromatic secohopanes and saturated hexacyclic hydrocarbons in petroleum from carbonate environment. In Biochemical Biomarkers (Edited by Yen T. F. and Moldowan J. M.), pp. 331-353. Harwood Academic Publishers, New York.
35. del Rio J. C., García-Mollá F. J., González Vila F. J. and Martin F. (1993) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fossil fuel extracts. The Puertollano oil shale. In Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (Edited by Garrigues P. and Lamotte M.), pp. 621-627. Gordon and Breach, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
36. del Rio J. C., García-Mollá F. J., González Vila F. J. and Martin F. (1994) Composition and origin of the aliphatic extractable hydrocarbons in the Puertollano (Spain) oil shale. Org. Geochem. 21, 897-909.
37. Rowland S. J., Alexander R. and Kagi R. I. (1984) Analysis of trimethylnaphthalenes in petroleum by capillary gas chromatography. J. Chromatogr. 294, 407-412.
38. Rullkötter J. D., Leythaeuser D. and Wendisch D. (1982) Novel 23, 28-bisnorlupanes in Tertiary sediments. Widespread occurrence of nuclear demethylated triterpanes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 46, 2501-2509.
39. Schaeffer P., Trendel J. M. and Albrecht P. (1995) An unusual aromatization process of higher plant triterpenes in sediments. Org. Geochem. 23, 273-275.
40. Schwark L. and Püttmann W. (1990) Aromatic hydrocarbon composition of the Permian Kupferschiefer in the Lower Rhine Basin, NW Germany. Org. Geochem. 16, 749-761.
41. Simoneit B. R. T., Grimalt J. O., Wang T. G., Cox R. E., Hatcher P. G. and Nissenbaum A. (1986) Cyclic terpenoids of contemporary resinous plant detritus and of fossil woods, amber and coals. In Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1985 (Edited by Leythaeuser D. and Rullkötter J.), Org. Geochem. 10, 877-889. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
42. Simoneit B. R. T., Schoell M., Dias R. F. and Aquino Neto F. R. (1993) Unusual carbon isotope compositions of biomarker hydrocarbons in a Permian tasmanite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 4205-4211.
43. Spyckerelle C., Greiner A. C., Albrecht P. and Ourisson G. (1977) Aromatic hydrocarbons from geological sources. Part 3. A tetrahydrochrysene derived from triterpenes in recent and old sediments: 3,3,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrochrysene. J. Chem. Res. (M), 3746-3777.
44. Strachan M. G., Alexander R. and Kagi R. I. (1988) Trimethylnaphthalenes in crude oils and sediments effects of source and maturity. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52, 1255-1264.
45. Trendel J. M., Lohmann F., Kintzinger J. P., Albrecht P., Chiaroni A., Riche C., Cesario M., Guilhem J. and Pascard C. (1989) Identification of des-A-triterpenoid hydrocarbons occurring in surface sediments. Tetrahedron 45, 4457-4470.
46. Vliex M. (1994) Kohlenpetrographische und organisch-geochemische Untersuchungen an Kohlen und Sedimentgesteinen des Saar-Nahe-Beckens-Ein Beitrag über die Bedeutung geochemischer Fossilien als Anzeiger für Veränderungen der Flora zwischen dem Westfal C und Unterrotliegenden. Ph.D. Thesis. Aachen University of Technology.
47. Vliex M., Hagemann H. W. and Püttmann W. (1994) Aromatized arborane/fernane hydrocarbons as molecular indicators of floral changes in Upper Carboniferous/ Lower Permian strata of the Saar-Nahe Basin, southwestern Germany. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58, 4689-4702.
48. Vliex M., Hagemann H. W. and Püttmann W. (1995) Rekonstruktion des Florensprungs an der Westfal/ Stefan-Grenze im Saar-Nahe-Becken über die Analytik von Biomarkern. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 197, 225-251.
49. Vorbrüggen H., Pakrashi S. C. and Djerassi C. (1963) Arborinol, ein neuer Triterpen-Typus. Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 668, 57-77.
50. Wagner R. H. (1985) Upper Stephanian stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Puertollano Basin. Ciudad Real. Spain. In Papers on the Carboniferous of the Iberian Peninsula-Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Tectonics and Geochronology (Edited by Lemos de Sousa M. J. and Wagner R. H.), Anais Fac. Ciências, Univ. Porto, suppl. vol. 64 (1983), pp. 171-231.
51. Wagner R. H. (1989) A late Stephanian forest swamp with Sporangiostrobus fossilized by volcanic ash fall in the Puertollano Basin, central Spain. Int. J. Coal Geol. 12, 522-523.
52. Wakeham S. G., Schaffner C. and Walker G. (1980) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Recent Lake sediments. II. Compounds derived from biogenic precursors during early diagenesis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 44, 415-429.
53. Wallis R. J. (1983) A lacustrine/deltaic/fluvial/swamp succession from the Stephanian B of Puertollano, Spain. In Contributions to the Carboniferous Geology and Palaeontology of the Iberian Peninsula (Edited by Lemos de Sousa M. J.), Univ. Porto, Fac. Cièncias, Mineral. Geol., pp. 51-67.
54. Wang T. G. and Simoneit B. R. T. (1991) Organic geochemistry and coal petrology of Tertiary brown coal in the Zhoujing mine, Baise Basin, South China. 3 Characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Fuel 70, 819-829.
55. Wei H. and Songnian L. (1990) A new maturity parameter based on monoaromatic hopanoids. Org. Geochem. 16, 1007-1013.