I.D. Timoshina, A.N. Fomin, A.E. Kontorovich
Geochemistry of brown coal Organic Matter in Barzassky field, Kuznetsk Basin
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2024-2-73-86
Key words: Devonian; brown coal; Organic Carbon; pyrolysis; biomarker hydrocarbons.
For citation: Timoshina I.D., Fomin A.N., Kontorovich A.E. Geochemistry of brown coal Organic Matter in Barzassky field, Kuznetsk Basin. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2024;(2):73–86. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2024-2-73-86. In Russ.
Funding: The article was supported by the the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project № FWZZ-2022-0011.
The authors present the results of studies the Devonian barzassky brown coal (Rovt = 0.48–0.49 %, ПК3 stage) in the Barzassky field (the Kuznetsk Basin). According to Organic Carbon isotope composition (δ13С ranges from −24 to −18 ‰), the coal belongs to Type III kerogen that consists of higher ground vegetation remains. Pyrolytic parameters of the coal do not accord with this conclusion as the high Hydrogen Index (average HI is about 450 mg HC/g Corg) corresponds mainly to Type II kerogen having marine genesis. The kerogen elemental composition (hydrogen content is 8 to 8,5 %) of the coal is also typical of immature aquatic Organic Matter. In about half of the coal samples, other geochemical data are also indicative of the same: n-alkanes in bitumoids have n-C27/n-C17 < 1; in acyclic hydrocarbons Paq> 0.5, Pr/Ph mostly < 1; in aromatic fraction TAC/MAS > 5. At the same time, the coals demonstrate sterane (C29/C27 >> 1) and tricyclane (2C19–20/C23–26 > 1) distributions typical of terragenous Organic Matter, and contain biomarkers of coniferous plants (phyllocladanes and kauranes). As for genetic origin of these coals, geochemical data show the contradicting results. However, based on the combination of isotopic and pyrolytic characteristics, elemental composition of kerogen, and maceral composition of coal, the barzassites can be attributed to cuticular liptobiolites, and the first protomorphic higher plants were the source material for them.
Irina D. Timoshina ORCiD
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Senior Researcher
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
e-mail: TimoshinaID@ipgg.sbras.ru
Aleksandr N. Fomin ORCiD
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Head of Department
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
e-mail: FominAN@ipgg.sbras.ru
Aleksei E. Kontorovich ORCiD
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Member of the RAS,
Chief Researcher
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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