Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Geochemical Investigation of Organic Matter of the Grodziec Beds (Upper Carboniferous), Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

Fabianńska, Monika J.; Bzowska, Grażyna; Matuszewska, A.; Racka, Maria; Skręt, Urszula

doi:10.1078/0009-2819-00023

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“…It is thus remarkable to find tri-and tetracyclic diterpanes in coal as well as in clastic rock samples. The presence of these compounds has already been observed in Carboniferous sediments and coals excavated in Poland (Fabiańska et al 2003;Gola et al 2011). It is believed that the biological precursor of diterpanes with skeletons of pimaranes, abietanes and phyllocladanes, are conifer families, including Araucariaceae, Podocarpaceae, Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae (Simoneit 1977;Noble et al 1985;van Aarssen et al 1992;Philp 1994;Otto et al 1997;Otto and Simoneit 2001).…”

Section: Type Of Organic Mattermentioning

confidence: 97%

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Organic geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous bituminous coals and clastic sediments from the Lublin Coal Basin

Gola¹,

Karger²,

Gazda³

et al. 2013

Acta Geologica Polonica

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ABSTRACT:Gola, M.R., Karger, M., Gazda, L. and Grafka, O. 2013. Organic geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous bituminous coals and clastic sediments from the Lublin Coal Basin (Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (3), 425−442. Warszawa.Bituminous coals and clastic rocks from the Lublin Formation (Pennsylvanian, Westphalian B) were subjected to detailed biomarker and Rock-Eval analyses. The investigation of aliphatic and aromatic fractions and Rock-Eval T max suggests that the Carboniferous deposits attained relatively low levels of thermal maturity, at the end of the microbial processes/initial phase of the oil window. Somewhat higher values of maturity in the clastic sediments were caused by postdiagenetic biodegradation of organic matter.The dominance of the odd carbon-numbered n-alkanes in the range n-C 25 to n-C 31 , high concentrations of moretanes and a predominance of C 28 and C 29 steranes are indicative of a terrigenous origin of the organic matter in the study material. This is supported by the presence of eudesmane, bisabolane, dihydro-ar-curcumene and cadalene, found mainly in the coal samples. In addition, tri-and tetracyclic diterpanes, e. g. 16β(H)-kaurane, 16β(H)-phyllocladane, 16α(H)-kaurane and norisopimarane, were identified, suggesting an admixture of conifer ancestors among the deposited higher plants. Parameters Pr/n-C 17 and R dit in the coal samples show deposition of organic matter from peat swamp environments, with the water levels varying from high (water-logged swamp) to very low (ephemeral swamp). Clastic deposits were accumulated in a flood plain environment with local small ponds/lakes. In pond/lake sediments, apart from the dominant terrigenous organic matter, research also revealed a certain quantity of algal matter, indicated, i.a., by the presence of tricyclic triterpanes C 28 and C 29 and elevated concentrations of steranes.The Paq parameter can prove to be a useful tool in the identification of organic matter, but the processes of organic matter biodegradation observed in clastic rocks most likely influence the value of the parameter, at the same time lowering the interpretation potential of these compounds.The value of Pr/Ph varies from 0.93 to 5.24 and from 3.49 to 22.57 in the clastic sediments and coals respectively. The microbial degradation of organic matter in both type of rocks and during early stages of diagenesis is confirmed by a high concentration of hopanes, the presence of drimane homologues, bicyclic alkanes and benzohopanes. Moreover, bacteria could also have been connected with the primary input of organic matter, which is shown by the presence of e.g. C 30 neohop-13(18)-ene.

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Section: Type Of Organic Mattermentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Schultze and Michaelis 1990;Philp 1994;Fabiańska et al 2003;Rothwell et al 2005). The presence of compounds such as retene, cadalene or isohexylnaphthalenes can also suggest a genesis from the ancestors of conifers.…”

Section: Type Of Organic Mattermentioning

confidence: 99%

Organic geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous bituminous coals and clastic sediments from the Lublin Coal Basin

Gola¹,

Karger²,

Gazda³

et al. 2013

Acta Geologica Polonica

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“…The occurrence of these upland elements is likely related to the fact that the Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel coalfield is a local, fairly narrow intramontane basin, with evidence of upstanding basin margins with alluvial fans (Andreis and Wagner 1983). The two phyllocladane isomers are biomarkers typical of Serpukhovian and younger ages (Fabianska et al 2003). The dominance of 16b(H)-phyllocladane and ent-beyerane over the other related tetracyclic diterpanes (Fig.…”

Section: Paleoecology and Depositional Settingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Petrography, biomarker composition, mineralogy, inorganic geochemistry and paleodepositional environment of coals from La Ballesta mine, Peñarroya Basin, Spain

et al. 2017

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Purpose The purpose of this work is to study coal samples from various exposed seams of the La Ballesta mine, at the southeastern edge of the Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel coalfield, southwestern Spain. Shaly seat-and caprocks were also investigated. Method Petrographic, palynological, and biomarker analyses were carried out. The major elements were determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The trace elements were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results The Pennsylvanian (Westphalian)-age, high volatile bituminous coal studied is a humic coal with vitrinite concentrations of over 86% on a minerals-free basis and low amounts of liptinite and inertinite. The coals have a relatively higher volatile matter yields than the bituminous coals in western areas of the basin with similar vitrinite reflectance values and present both a dark and a light variety of vitrinite. The dark variety is more abundant in the low ash coals considered to have been formed in nearby lacustrine settings. The mineral assemblage of the coals and non-coal (roof and floor) rocks from the La Ballesta mine is dominated by quartz, kaolinite and illite, with minor to trace proportions of epigenetic carbonates, anatase, and K-feldspar, among others. Conclusions Concentrations of B and B/Be ratios, along with other data, suggest that the La Ballesta coals may have originated from topogenous mires that developed next to lacustrine settings. Coal seams 9, 9bis, and 14 were probably more restricted systems than coaly shale 15, the latter corresponding to swamps associated with alluvial and floodplain environments. Abnormally high concentrations of trace elements such as Li, Rb, Cs, Sc, V and Cr might be explained by the input of detrital minerals into the Peñarroya Basin from the outcropping Precambrian and Lower Palaeozoic rocks to the northeast. In this regard, elemental ratios such as Al 2 O 3 /TiO 2 for the samples suggest that the modes of occurrence of the trace elements, and the minerals, in La Ballesta coals and non-coal rocks are to be mainly attributed to detrital input from felsic to intermediate metamorphic rocks. Keywords Bituminous C coal Á La Ballesta mine Á Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel coalfield Á Petrography Á Geochemistry Resumen Objetivo El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar una serie de muestras de carbón de varios mantos aflorantes de la mina La Ballesta, en el margen suroriental de la cuenca minera de Peñarroya-Belmez-Espiel, suroeste de España. Las correspondientes lutitas infra-y suprayacentes también fueron investigadas. Métodos Análisis petrográficos, palinológicos y de biomarcadores fueron realizados. Los elementos mayoritarios se analizaron por fluorescencia de rayos X (XRF). Los

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“…The origin of shortchain n-alkanes (e.g. n-C 17 to n-C 18 ) in fossil OM is associated with microorganisms, including phytoplankton settled in terrestrial organic material deposited in deltaic environments (Gelpi et al, 1970;Grimalt and Albaigés, 1987;Meyers, 1997;Fabiańska et al, 2003Fabiańska et al, , 2008. However, long-chain n-alkanes with carbon numbers from n-C 25 to n-C 35 and odd carbon preponderance are related to higher terrestrial plants (Eglinton and Hamilton, 1967).…”

Section: Aliphatic Hydrocarbonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of organic environmental markers in the assessment of recent and fossil organic matter input in coal wastes and river sediments: A case study from the Upper Silesia Coal Basin (Poland)

Nádudvari

Marynowski

Fabiańska

2018

International Journal of Coal Geology

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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Geochemical Investigation of Organic Matter of the Grodziec Beds (Upper Carboniferous), Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

Cited by 26 publications

References 28 publications

Organic geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous bituminous coals and clastic sediments from the Lublin Coal Basin

Organic geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous bituminous coals and clastic sediments from the Lublin Coal Basin

Petrography, biomarker composition, mineralogy, inorganic geochemistry and paleodepositional environment of coals from La Ballesta mine, Peñarroya Basin, Spain

Application of organic environmental markers in the assessment of recent and fossil organic matter input in coal wastes and river sediments: A case study from the Upper Silesia Coal Basin (Poland)

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