Perylene as an indicator of conifer fossil wood degradation by wood-degrading fungi

Marynowski, Leszek; Smolarek, Justyna; Bechtel, Achim; Philippe, Marc; Kurkiewicz, Sławomir; Simoneit, Bernd R.T.

doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.04.006

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“…In almost all of the wood samples the dominating aromatic hydrocarbon is perylene and its methyl and dimethyl derivatives ( Fig. 3; see also Marynowski et al, 2013). The similar situation was reported from many Miocene brown coals (Fabiańska, 2007).…”

Section: Gc-mssupporting

confidence: 78%

“…The similar situation was reported from many Miocene brown coals (Fabiańska, 2007). According to our new data, perylene is a product of wood degradation by wood degrading fungi during decay and transportation of the wood (Marynowski et al, 2013; see also Grice et al, 2009;Itoh et al, 2012). In some samples simonellit or retene are the main dominant or the second predominant compounds (Fig.…”

Section: Gc-msmentioning

confidence: 85%

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Aromatic hydrocarbons from the Middle Jurassic fossil wood of the Polish Jura

Smolarek¹,

Marynowski²

2013

Contemporary Trends in Geoscience

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Key words: fossil wood, Middle Jurassic, organic matter, biomarkers, aromatic hydrocarbons, GC-MSAromatic hydrocarbons are present in the fossil wood samples in relatively small amounts.In almost all of the tested samples the dominating aromatic hydrocarbon is perylene and its methyl and dimethyl derivatives. The most important biomarkers present in the aromatic fraction are dehydroabietane, siomonellite and retene, compounds characteristic for conifers. The distribution of discussed compounds is highly variable due to such early diagenetic processes affecting the wood as oxidation and the activity of microorganisms. MPI 1 parameter values (methylphenanthrene index)for the majority of the samples are in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, which results in the highly variable values of Rc (converted value of vitrinite reflectance) ranging from 0.45 to 0.70%. Such values suggest that MPI 1 parameter is not useful as maturity parameter in case of Middle Jurassic ore-bearing clays, even if measured strictly on terrestrial organic matter (OM). As a result of weathering processes (oxidation) the distribution of aromatic hydrocarbons changes. In the oxidized samples the amount of aromatic hydrocarbons, both polycyclic as well as aromatic biomarkers decreases.

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Aromatic hydrocarbons from the Middle Jurassic fossil wood of the Polish Jura

Smolarek¹,

Marynowski²

2013

Contemporary Trends in Geoscience

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“…5). In previous studies, fungi have been proposed to be the major precursor carriers for perylene in sediments and coal, and its occurrence in immature organic matter of terrigenous origin has been related to the activity of wood degrading fungi (Jiang et al, 2000;Grice et al, 2009;Marynowski et al, 2013).…”

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Spatial and temporal variability in vegetation and coal facies as reflected by organic petrological and geochemical data in the Middle Miocene Çayirhan coal field (Turkey)

Bechtel

Karayi̇ǧi̇t

Sachsenhofer

et al. 2014

International Journal of Coal Geology

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“…It is phototoxic PAH (Irwin 1997) and found in marine sediments (Slater 2013); freshwater and river sediments (Fan 2011) and terrestrial sediments (Itoh and Hanari, 2010;Marynowski 2013). Benzo[ ]perylene, another high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (HMW-PAH) compound having 6 benzene rings, is extremely recalcitrant to degradation (Zapien ., 2009;Mohan ., 2011) and known for carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic properties (Luch, 2005).…”

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