Aliphatic and aromatic biomarkers from Gondwanan sediments of Late Ordovician to Early Devonian age: An early terrestrialization approach

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-617

  Romero Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda ^a   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a   Vecoli, Marco ^a   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NAPHTHALENE; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS;

AROMATIC FRACTION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HYDROCARBON DISTRIBUTION; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TERRESTRIAL BIOMARKERS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIALIZATION;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOMORPH; SPORE;

TUNISIA;

ACRITARCHA; BRYOPHYTES; CHITINOZOA; COOKSONIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79957938122     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Alexander G., Hazai I., Grimalt J., Albaigés J. Occurrence and transformation of phyllocladanes in brown coals from Nograd Basin, Hungary. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1987, 51:2065-2073.
2. Alexander R., Noble R.A., Kagi R.I. Fossil resin biomarkers and their application in oil to source rock correlation, Gippsland basin, Australia. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 1987, 27:63-72.
3. Alexander R., Bastow T.P., Fisher S.J., Kagi R.I. Geosynthesis of organic compounds: II. Methylation of phenanthrene and alkylphenanthrenes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1995, 59:4259-4266.
4. Aquino Neto F.R., Trigüis J., Azevedo D.A., Rodriques R., Simoneit B.R.T. Organic geochemistry of geographically unrelated Tasmanites. Organic Geochemistry 1992, 18:791-803.
5. Armstroff A., Wilkes H., Schwarzbauer J., Littke R., Horsfield B. Aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in terrestrial organic matter of Devonian to Permian age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2006, 240:253-274.
6. Asakawa Y. Chemosystematics of the Hepaticae. Phytochemistry 2004, 65:623-669.
7. Bordoloi M., Shukla V.S., Nath S.C., Sharma R.P. Naturally occurring cadinenes. Phytochemistry 1989, 28:2007-2037.
8. Bray E.E., Evans E.D. Distribution of n-paraffins as a clue to recognition of source beds. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1961, 22:2-15.
9. Brundrett Mark.C. Coevolution of roots and mycorrhizas of land plants. New Phytologist 2002, 154:274-304.
10. Budzinski H., Garrigues P., Connan J., Devillers J., Domine D., Radke M., Oudins J.L. Alkylated phenanthrene distributions as maturity and origin indicators in crude oils and rock extracts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1995, 59:2043-2056.
11. Chopra, R.N., Kumra, K.P., 1988. Biology of Bryophytes. John Wiley & Sons, New York, p. 350.
12. Cooke M.P., Talbot H.M., Farrimond P. Bacterial populations recorded in bacteriohopanepolyol distributions in soils from Northern England. Organic Geochemistry 2008, 39:1347-1358.
13. del Río J.C., Garcia-Molla J., González-Vila F.J., Martin F. Composition and origin of the aliphatic extractable hydrocarbons in the Puertollano (Spain) oil shale. Organic Geochemistry 1994, 21:897-909.
14. Deunff J., Massa D. Palynologie et stratigraphie du Cambro-Ordovicien (Libye nord-occidentale). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris Série D 1975, 281:21-24.
15. Dutta S., Greenwood P.F., Brocke R., Schaefer R.G., Mann U. New insights into the relationship between Tasmanites and tricyclic terpenoids. Organic Geochemistry 2006, 37:117-127.
16. Edwards D., Wellman C.H. Embryophytes on land: the Ordovician to Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) record. Plants Invade the Land: Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives 2001, 3-28. Columbia University Press, New York. P.G. Gensel, D. Edwards (Eds.).
17. Subsurface Palynostratigraphy of Northeast Libya 1988, Garyounis University Publishing, Benghazi, Libya. A. El-Arnauti, B. Owens, B. Thusu (Eds.).
18. Ellis L., Singh R., Alexander R., Kagi R.I. Formation of isohexyl alkylaromatic hydrocarbons from aromatization-rearrangement of terpenoids in the sedimentary environment: a new class of biomarker. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta 1996, 60:4747-4763.
19. Espitalié J., Deroo G., Marquis F. La pyrolyse Rock-Eval et ses applications. Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole 1986, 41:73-89.
20. Ewbank G., Edwards D., Abbott G.D. Chemical characterization of Lower Devonian vascular plants. Organic Geochemistry 1996, 25:461-473.
21. Gray J. Major Palaeozoic land plant evolutionary bio-events. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 1993, 104:153-169.
22. Grice K., Nabbefeld B., Maslen E. Source and significance of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments (Hovea-3 well, Perth Basin, Western Australia) spanning the Permian-Triassic boundary. Organic Geochemistry 2007, 38:1795-1803.
23. Grice K., Lu H., Atahan P., Asif M., Hallmann C., Greenwood P., Maslen E., Tulipani S., Williford K., Dodson J. New insights into the origin of perylene in geological samples. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2009, 73:6531-6543.
24. Haberer R.M., Mangelsdorf K., Wilkes H., Horsfield B. Occurrence and palaeoenvironmental significance of aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in Oligocene sediments from the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well (Canada). Organic Geochemistry 2006, 37:519-538.
25. Habgood K.S., Edwards D., Axe L. New perspectives on Cooksonia from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 2002, 139:339-359.
26. Hautevelle Y., Michels R., Malartre F., Trouiller A. Vascular plant biomarkers as proxies for palaeoflora and palaeoclimatic changes at the Dogger/Malm transition of the Paris Basin (France). Organic Geochemistry 2006, 37:610-625.
27. Hunt J.M. Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology 1995, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York.
28. Jiang C., Alexander R., Kagi R., Murray A.P. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ancient sediments and their relationships to palaeoclimate. Organic Geochemistry 1998, 29:1721-1735.
29. Killops S.D. Novel aromatic hydrocarbons of probable bacterial origin in a Jurassic lacustrine sequence. Organic Geochemistry 1991, 17:25-36.
30. Kruge M.A. Determination of thermal maturity and organic matter type by principal components analysis of the distributions of polycyclic aromatic compounds. International Journal of Coal Geology 2000, 43:27-51.
31. Lafargue E., Marquis F., Pillot D. Rock-Eval 6 Applications in hydrocarbon exploration, production and soils contamination studies. Oil & Gas Science and Technology, Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole 1998, 53:421-437.
32. Laflamme R.E., Hites R.A. The global distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1978, 42:289-303.
33. Li C.-S., Hueber F.M., Hotton C. A neotype for Drepanophycus spinaeformis Göppert 1852. Canadian Journal of Botany 2000, 78:889-902.
34. Massa, D., 1988. Paléozoïque de Libye Occidentale. Stratigraphie et Paléogéographie. MSc Thesis. The University of Nice, France.
35. Molyneux S.G. Late Ordovician acritarchs from northeast Libya. Subsurface Palynostratigraphy of Northeast Libya 1988, 45-59. Garyounis University Publishing, Benghazi, Libya. A. El-Arnauti, B. Owens, B. Thusu (Eds.).
36. Noble, R.A., 1986. A Geochemical Study of Bicyclic Alkanes and Diterpenoid Hydrocarbons in Crude Oils, Sediments and Coals. PhD Thesis, The University of Western, Australia.
37. Noble R.A., Alexander R., Kagi I.R., Knox J. Tetracyclic diterpenoid hydrocarbons in some Australian coals, sediments and crude oils. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta 1985, 49:2141-2147.
38. Noble R.A., Alexander R., Kagi I.R. Configurational isomerization in sedimentary bicyclic alkanes. Organic Geochemistry 1987, 11:151-156.
39. Otto A., Wilde V. Sesqui-, di- and tri-terpenoids as chemosystematic markers in extant conifers-a review. The Botanical Review 2001, 67:141-238.
40. Ourisson G., Albrecht P., Rohmer M. The hopanoids. Palaeochemistry and biochemistry of a group of natural products. Pure and Applied Chemistry 1979, 51:709-729.
41. Peters, K.E., Walters, C.W., Moldowan, J.M., 2005. The Biomarker Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 706.
42. Philp R.P. Fossil Fuel Biomarkers Applications and Spectra 1985, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
43. Püttmann W., Villar H. Occurrence and geochemical significance of 1,2,5,6-tetramethylnaphthalene. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1987, 51:3023-3029.
44. Radke M., Willsch H. Extractable alkyldibenzothiophenes in Posidonia shale (Toarcian) source rocks: relationship of yields to petroleum formation and expulsion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1994, 58:5223-5244.
45. Radke M., Willsch H., Leythaeuser D. Aromatic components of coal: relation of distribution pattern to rank. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1982, 46:1831-1848.
46. Radke M., Willsch H., Welte D.H. Maturity parameters based on aromatic hydrocarbons: influence of the organic matter type. Organic Geochemistry 1986, 10:51-63.
47. Radke M., Hilkert A., Rullkötter J. Molecular stable carbon isotope compositions of alkylphenanthrenes in coals and marine shales related to source and maturity. Organic Geochemistry 1998, 28:785-795.
48. Radke M., Vriend S.P., Ramanampisoa L.R. Alkyldibenzofurans in terrestrial rocks: influence of organic facies and maturation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica 2000, 64:275-286.
49. Romero-Sarmiento M.F., Riboulleau A., Vecoli M., Versteegh G. Occurrence of retene in upper Silurian-Lower Devonian sediments from North Africa: origin and implications. Organic Geochemistry 2010, 41:302-306.
50. Scott A. The earliest conifer. Nature 1974, 25:707-708.
51. Sheng G., Simoneit B.R.T., Leif R.N., Chen X., Fu J. Tetracyclic terpanes enriched in Devonian cuticle humic coals. Fuel 1992, 71:523-532.
52. Simoneit B.R.T. Diterpenoid compounds and other lipids in deep-sea sediments and their geochemical significance. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1977, 41:463-476.
53. Simoneit B.R.T., Leif R.N., Aquino Neto F.R., Azevedo D.A., Pinto A.C., Albrecht P. On the presence of tricyclic terpane hydrocarbons in Permian Tasmanite algae. Naturwissenschaften 1990, 77:380-383.
54. Simonsen, J.L., Barton, D.H.R., 1952. The Terpenes: The Sesquiterpenes, Diterpenes and Their Derivatives. Cambridge University Press, New York, p. 580.
55. Spina A., Vecoli M. Palynostratigraphy and vegetational changes in the Siluro-Devonian of the Ghadamis Basin, North Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2009, 282:1-18.
56. Staplin, F.L., 1982. Determination of thermal alteration index from color of exinite (pollen, spores). In: Staplin, F.L. (Ed.), How to Assess Maturation and Paleotemperatures. SEPM Short Course, vol. 7, pp. 7-11.
57. Steemans P. Miospore evolution from the Ordovician to the Silurian. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 2000, 113:189-196.
58. Steemans P., Le Hérissé A., Bozdogan N. Ordovician and Silurian cryptospores and miospores from Southeastern Turkey. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1996, 93:35-76.
59. Steemans P., Le Hérissé A., Melvin J., Miller M.A., Paris F., Verniers J., Wellman C. Origin and radiation of the earliest vascular land plans. Science 2009, 324:353.
60. Strother P.K., Al-Hajri S., Traverse A. New evidence for land plants from the lower Middle Ordovician of Saudi Arabia. Geology 1996, 24:55-58.
61. Traverse, A., 2007. Paleopalynology, second ed., vol. 28. Springer. doi:10.1007/1-4020-5610-9.
62. Underdown R., Redfern J. Petroleum generation and migration in the Ghadames Basin, North Africa: a two-dimensional basin-modeling study. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 2008, 92:53-76.
63. van Aarssen B.G.K., Cox H., Hoogendoorn P., de Leeuw J. A cadinene biopolymer present in fossil and extant drammar resins as a source fro cadinanes and bicadinanes in crude oils from South East Asia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1990, 54:3021-3031.
64. van Aarssen B.G.K., Bastow T.P., Alexander R., Kagi R. Distributions of methylated naphthalenes in crude oils: indicators of maturity, biodegradation and mixing. Organic Geochemistry 1999, 30:1213-1227.
65. van Aarssen B.G.K., Alexander R., Kagi R. Higher plant biomarkers reflect palaeovegetation changes during Jurassic times. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta 2000, 64:1417-1424.
66. Vavrdovà M. Coenobial acritarchs and other palynomorphs from the Arenig/Llanvirn boundary Prague Basin. Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu Geologického 1990, 65:237-242.
67. Vecoli M. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of microphytoplankton diversity trends in the Cambrian-Ordovician of the northern Sahara Platform. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2000, 160:329-346.
68. Vecoli M., Le Hérissé A. Biostratigraphy taxonomic diversity, and patterns of morphological evolution of Ordovician acritarchs (organic-walled microphytoplankton) from the northern Gondwana margin in relation to palaeoclimatic and palaeogeographic changes. Earth-Science Reviews 2004, 67:267-311.
69. Vecoli M., Riboulleau A., Versteegh G. Palynology, organic geochemistry and carbon isotope analysis of a latest Ordovician through Silurian clastic succession from borehole T.T.1, Ghadamis Basin, southern Tunisia, North Africa: palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2009, 273:378-394.
70. Williams S.H., Burden E.T., Mukhopadhyay P.K. Thermal maturity and burial history of Palaeozoic rocks in western Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1998, 35:1307-1322.
71. Zhu W.-Q., Kenrick P. A Zosterophyllum-like plant from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1999, 105:111-118.