A natural pyrolysis experiment — hopanes from hopanoic acids?

The formation or generation of hopanes are important processes during both the natural heating of organic-rich sediments and laboratory pyrolysis experiments. Molecular maturity parameters as well as the amounts (ng/g rock) of the C 31 hopanes and C 30–C 32 hopanoic acids were quantified in a Jurass...

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Published in:Organic geochemistry 1999-01, Vol.30 (12), p.1509-1516
Main Authors: Bennett, Barry, Abbott, Geoffrey D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contact metamorphism
Decarboxylation
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Hopanes
Hopanoic acids
Hydrocarbons
Sedimentary rocks
Stratigraphy
Thermal maturation
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Summary:The formation or generation of hopanes are important processes during both the natural heating of organic-rich sediments and laboratory pyrolysis experiments. Molecular maturity parameters as well as the amounts (ng/g rock) of the C 31 hopanes and C 30–C 32 hopanoic acids were quantified in a Jurassic silty shale horizon (Isle of Skye, Scotland) as a function of distance from an igneous intrusion. The maturity profiles of the homohopanes and the hopanoic acids are comparable. There is also a correlation between the decreasing amounts of C 30–C 32 hopanoic acids and concomitant increases in C 29–C 31 hopanes suggesting that free hopanoic acids could be one potential source of hopanes in this particular horizon. Other possible sources could include hopanoic acids that are bound into the macromolecular fraction.
ISSN:0146-6380
1873-5290
DOI:10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00122-9