Retracted: The Original Organism Assemblages and Kerogen Carbon Isotopic Compositions of the Early Paleozoic Source Rocks in the Tarim Basin, China
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Retracted: The Original Organism Assemblages and Kerogen Carbon Isotopic Compositions of the Early Paleozoic Source Rocks in the Tarim Basin, China
- Volume 96Issue 6Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
- pages: 2158-2158
- First Published online: December 30, 2022
Guang HU
State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500 China
Search for more papers by this authorQingqiang MENG
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization and Sedimentary Mineral, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590 Shandong, China
Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Sinopec, Beijing, 100083 China
Search for more papers by this authorJie WANG
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorTengger
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaomin XIE
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorLongfei LU
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
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Wenhui LIU
Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Sinopec, Beijing, 100083 China
Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGuang HU
State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500 China
Search for more papers by this authorQingqiang MENG
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization and Sedimentary Mineral, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590 Shandong, China
Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Sinopec, Beijing, 100083 China
Search for more papers by this authorJie WANG
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorTengger
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaomin XIE
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorLongfei LU
Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, SINOPEC, Wuxi 214151 Jiangsu, China
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Wenhui LIU
Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Sinopec, Beijing, 100083 China
Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAbout the first author: HU Guang, male; born in 1978 in Honghu, Hubei Province; Doctor; graduated from Nanjing university; Associated Professor of Southwest Petroleum University. He is now interested in the study on source rock geochemistry, geochemical response of geological event, chemical composition of seawater, and microbialite dolomite in the Ediacaran. Email: [email protected]; phone: 18080446472.
Abstract
Original organisms are the biological precursors of organic matter in source rocks. Original organisms in source rocks are informative for oil-source rock correlation and hydrocarbon potential evaluation, especially for source rocks which have high-over level of thermal maturity. Systematic identification of original organism assemblages of the Lower Paleozoic potential source rocks and detailed carbon isotopic composition of kerogen analyses were conducted for four outcrop sections in the Tarim basin. Results indicated that the original organism assemblages of the lower part of the Lower Cambrian were composed mainly of benthic algae, whereas those of the Upper Cambrian and the Ordovician were characterized by planktonic algae. Kerogen carbon isotopic data demonstrated that the δ13Ckerogen values of source rocks dominated by benthic algae are lower than –34‰, whereas the δ13Ckerogen values of source rocks dominated by planktonic algae are higher than –30‰ in general. We tentatively suggested that the carbon species those are utilized by algae and the carbon isotopic fractionation during photosynthesis are the major controls for the δ13Ckerogen values in the Lower Paleozoic source rocks in the Tarim basin. Correlating the δ13C values of oils exploited in the Tarim basin, the original organism assemblages, and δ13Ckerogen values of source rocks, it implied that the Lower Paleozoic oils exploited in the Tarim basin should be sourced from the source rocks with original organism assemblages dominated by planktonic algae, and the hydrocarbon sourced from the Cambrian benthic algae should be of great exploration potential in future. Original organism assemblages in source rocks can provide important clues for oil-source rocks correlation, especially for the source rocks with high thermal maturity.
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