Re-Os isotopic dating procedures for organic-rich samples
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摘要: 近年来,铼—锇(Re-Os)同位素体系在确定含油气系统烃源岩沉积年龄、烃类生成、运移、后期调整改造年龄(古油藏热裂解、硫酸盐热化学还原反应等)以及油源示踪方面取得了一系列成果。但是,富有机质样品的Re-Os同位素体系存在元素丰度低、赋存形式复杂、同位素体系封闭性影响因素以及Os同位素组成均一机制不清等诸多难题,进而导致其构建的等时线年龄误差相对较大。通过测年样品筛选、富有机质样品化学前处理、实验流程空白控制以及国际参考标样监控等4个方面,对现有的富有机质样品的Re-Os同位素分析测试全流程进行了总结与完善,可为拟开展含油气系统Re-Os定年工作的研究人员提高数据质量,构建理想的Re-Os等时线。Abstract: The rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronometer is newly developed technology and has been regarded as a promising radiometric tool for the direct dating of the deposition of source rock, hydrocarbon generation, migration and consequent alteration (e.g., thermal cracking, thermochemical sulphate reduction), and oil-source correlation. However, the complex nature of Re-Os systems in organi-rich samples, including their relatively low elemental contents, multiple origins and occurrences, ambiguous homogenization mechanisms of 187Os/188Os and our limited understanding of the closed system of Re-Os systematics etc., often result in the relatively large uncertainties of obtained isochrones. In this paper, to improve their data quality and yield ideal Re-Os isochrons, the existing Re-Os isotopic analysis method was improved by the terms of sample selection and screening, chemical pretreatment, total analytical blank control and international reference material monitoring. Results showed that a comprehensive guide to researching working in Re-Os geochronology for petroleum system analysis can be available.
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图 2 意大利Ragusa盆地Gela-1井原油样品Re-Os同位素等时线
a.Noto和Sciacca组的全油和沥青质组分;b.Streppenosa组原油可溶组分(马青烯)(原始数据引自文献[16])
Figure 2. Re-Os isochrons of crude oil from well Gela-1 in Ragusa Basin, Italy
图 4 不同实验测定的NIST8505原油标样的Re含量(a)、Os含量(b),187Re/188Os(c)和187Os/188Os比值(d)
图a和图b中灰色虚线为不同实验室测定数据的平均值;图中红色实线为实验室间平均值,红色虚线表示其各自的2σ标准偏差原始数据引自文献[16, 28, 35, 45, 54-55]。
Figure 4. Concentrations of Re (a) and Os (b) and isotopic compositions (c-d) of crude oil standard sample NIST8505 analyzed by three different laboratories
表 1 国内外Re-Os实验室常用溶样方法比较
Table 1. Comparison of commonly used sample digestion methods for Re-Os isotopic analysis
表 2 近几年国内外主要Re-Os实验室全流程Re-Os本底水平对比
Table 2. Total analytical blanks of major Re-Os laboratories reported recently
Re-Os同位素实验室 溶样方法 Re本底水平/pg Os本底水平/pg 187Os/188Os 数据来源 科罗拉多州立大学 HPA-S逆王水溶样 16.3±16.2 0.102±0.066 0.53±0.31 [16] Carius管逆王水溶样 3.7±4.7 0.34±0.226 0.251±0.02 [16] HPA-S硝酸溶样 0.98±0.18 0.167±0.024 0.31±0.04 [16] 杜伦大学 Carius管逆王水溶样 1.63±0.67 0.065±0.013 0.23±0.02 [17] Carius管硫酸氧化铬溶样 16.8±0.4 0.4±0.1 0.25±0.21 [21] 中科院地质与地球物理研究所 Carius管逆王水溶样 7±0.62 0.25±0.12 [41] 中科院广州地球化学研究所 Carius管逆王水溶样 8.8±3.2 0.28±0.2 0.259±0.038 [48] Carius管硫酸氧化铬溶样 0.75±0.32 0.33±0.29 0.206±0.025 [50] Carius管H2O2-HNO3溶样 8±3 0.8±0.2 0.128 9± 0.004 8 [50] 国家地质实验测试中心 Carius管HNO3-HCl-H2O2溶样 2 0.1 [49] 科廷大学 Carius管逆王水溶样 17 0.54 0.137 ± 0.028 [51] -
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