Origin and formation pathways of kerogen-like organic matter in recent sediments off the Danube delta (northwestern Black Sea) |
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| Authors: | Anouk Garcette-Lepecq Sylvie Derenne Claude Largeau Ioanna Bouloubassi Alain Saliot |
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| Institution: | a Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Organique Physique, UMR CNRS 7573, E.N.S.C.P., 11, rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France;b Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines, ESA CNRS 7077, Université P. et M. Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France |
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| Abstract: | The chemical structure, source(s), and formation pathway(s) of kerogen-like organic matter (KL) were investigated in recent sediments from the northwestern Black Sea, off the Danube delta. Three sections from a sediment core collected at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the delta, under an oxic water column, were examined: S0 (0–0.5 cm bsf), S10 (10–13 cm bsf), and S20 (20–25 cm bsf). The bulk geochemical features of these sediments (total organic carbon, organic C/N atomic ratio, δ13Corg) were determined. Thereafter, KL was isolated from the samples, as the insoluble residue obtained after HF/HCl treatment. KL chemical composition was investigated via spectroscopic (FTIR, solid state 13C and 15N NMR) and pyrolytic (Curie point pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry) methods, and the morphological features were examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Similar morphological features and chemical composition were observed for the three KLs and they suggested that the selective preservation of land-plant derived material as well as of resistant aliphatic biomacromolecules (probably derived from cell walls of freshwater microalgae) was the main process involved in KL formation. Besides, some melanoidin-type macromolecules (formed via the degradation-recondensation of products mainly derived from proteinaceous material) and/or some encapsulated proteins also contributed to the KL chemical structure. |
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| Keywords: | Kerogen-like organic matter Recent sediments Danube delta Northwestern Black Sea Preservation mechanisms Selective preservation pathway Degradation-recondensation |
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