期刊
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
卷 11, 期 8, 页码 3163-3175出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13202-021-01237-8
关键词
Black shale; Biomarker; Depositional environment; Marcellus
资金
- Global Aquatic Research LLC
- Student Undergraduate Research Program at SUNY Brockport
This study aimed to observe the composition of organic matter and anoxia conditions within the Marcellus Formation in New York State. Results showed that the primary source of organic matter was terrigenous plants with a minor contribution from marine sources. The kerogen type in the Marcellus Formation was determined to be type III.
The purpose of this study was to observe how the composition of organic matter (OM) and the extent of anoxia during deposition within the Marcellus Formation in New York varied by distance from the sediment source in eastern New York. Lipid biomarkers (n-alkanes and fatty acids) in the extractable organic component (bitumen) of the shale samples were analyzed, and proxies such as the average chain length (ACL), aquatic to terrestrial ratio (ATR) and carbon preference index (CPI) of n-alkanes were calculated. Fatty acids were relatively non-abundant due to the age of the shale bed, but n-alkane distributions revealed that the primary component of the OM was terrigenous plants. The presence of shorter n-alkane chain lengths in the samples indicated that there was also a minor component of phytoplankton and algal (marine) sourced OM. Whole rock analyses were also conducted, and cerium anomalies were calculated as a proxy for anoxia. All samples had a negative anomaly value, indicating anoxic conditions during deposition. Two samples, however, contained values close to zero and thus were determined to have suboxic conditions. Anoxia and total organic matter (TOM) did not show any spatial trends across the basin, which may be caused by varying depths within the basin during deposition. A correlation between nickel concentrations and TOM was observed and indicates that algae was the primary source of the marine OM, which supports the lipid biomarker analysis. It was determined that the kerogen type of the Marcellus Formation in New York State is type III, consistent with a methane-forming shale bed.
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