Lipid Evidence for Oil Depletion by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria during U Mineralization in the Dongsheng Deposit

Tiankai Wang; Lei Jiang; Chunfang Cai; Yuyang Yuan; Yongdong Zhang; Lianqi Jia; Shuangling Chen

doi:10.1007/s12583-017-0768-y

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Journal of Earth Science > 2018 > 29(3): 556-563.

Tiankai Wang, Lei Jiang, Chunfang Cai, Yuyang Yuan, Yongdong Zhang, Lianqi Jia, Shuangling Chen. Lipid Evidence for Oil Depletion by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria during U Mineralization in the Dongsheng Deposit. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(3): 556-563. doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0768-y

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Tiankai Wang, Lei Jiang, Chunfang Cai, Yuyang Yuan, Yongdong Zhang, Lianqi Jia, Shuangling Chen. Lipid Evidence for Oil Depletion by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria during U Mineralization in the Dongsheng Deposit. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(3): 556-563. doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0768-y

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Tiankai Wang, Lei Jiang, Chunfang Cai, Yuyang Yuan, Yongdong Zhang, Lianqi Jia, Shuangling Chen. Lipid Evidence for Oil Depletion by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria during U Mineralization in the Dongsheng Deposit. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(3): 556-563. doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0768-y

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Lipid Evidence for Oil Depletion by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria during U Mineralization in the Dongsheng Deposit

doi: 10.1007/s12583-017-0768-y

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Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources Research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Corresponding author: Chunfang Cai, cai_cf@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Received Date: 11 Oct 2014
Accepted Date: 10 Aug 2015
Publish Date: 01 Jun 2018

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Fatty acids were extracted from fluid inclusions, and analyzed for distribution and individual δ¹³C values to determine if there exists sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and what substrates SRB depleted during U mineralization in the Dongsheng deposit. The 10-methylhexadecanoic acid (10Me16:0) has been detected from most of the samples using GC-MS based on relative retention time and co-injection of standard 10Me16:0 compound. Samples with higher 10Me16:0 concentrations, show higher U contents. The presence of 10Me16:0 along with iso-ω7-cis-heptadecenoic acid (i17:1ω7c) and ω7-cis- octadecenoic acid (18:1ω7c) in the fluid inclusions may indicate the occurrence of SRB during the U mineralization. Saturated fatty-acids and unsaturated fatty-acids detected in this study have individual δ¹³C values from -30.3‰ to -28.5‰ and -30.5‰ to -27.9‰, respectively. These values are close to those of n-alkanes of the associated oils and the bulk oils, but significantly distinct from methane, thus the oils are concluded to have been used as substrate for the microorganisms to survive on. This proposal is supported by oil biodegradation and ore-stage calcite cement with δ¹³C values from -1.4‰ to -17.2‰.
- fatty acids,
- sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB),
- individual lipid carbon isotope,
- sulfur isotope,
- uranium deposit

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