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イオセンのメッセルシェールにおける同位体組成と有機分子の可能性のある起源
J M Hayes1, R Takigiku, R Ocampo
1Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-5101, USA.
Nature
|September 3, 1987
まとめ
メッセル・シェール・シェール.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- パレオリマノロジーは,
- オーガニック・ジオケミストリー オーガニック・ジオケミストリー
背景:
- 4700万年前に,無酸素状態の湖で形成されたメッセルのシェール堆積物.
- オーガニックマターの優れた保存 (最大25%の有機炭素) が観察されています.
- ジオポルフィーリンは,古代の湖の無酸素のフォティックゾーンを示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 有機物質の源を特定し,メッセル湖の生態系における炭素の流れを再構築する.
- バイオマーカーの炭素同位体組成を用いて,古環境を再建する.
主な方法:
- 16種類のジオポルフィリンを分離し,特定した.
- ジオポルフィリンや他のバイオマーカーの炭素同位体組成 (13C) の分析.
- クロロフィール誘導体に基づく原産物の13C含有量の推定.
主要な成果:
- 特定された特定の有機物質の源と再構築された炭素の流れ経路.
- 湖水原産物の13C含有量を推定した.
- 主要生産者の投入量と比較して,総有機物質の千分6分の13Cの減少が観察されました.
結論:
- 13C濃縮化合物の選択的損失によって13Cの枯渇は説明できない.
- 周辺の陸上の植物やメタノゲン菌からのインプットは,観測された13Cの枯渇を考慮していない.
- この研究は,古代の湖水環境における炭素循環に関する洞察を提供します.
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