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25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry IMOG 2011

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P-467<br />

Molecular hydrogen isotope systematics in Eocene lake<br />

sediments: Hydrogen isotope exchange and estimate of paleo<br />

lake water hydrogen isotope compositi<strong>on</strong><br />

Nils Andersen 1,2 , Stefano M. Bernasc<strong>on</strong>i 1 , Robert M. K. Carls<strong>on</strong> 3 , Martin Schoell 4<br />

1 ETH Zurich, Geologisches Institut, Zurich, Switzerland, 2 University of Kiel, Radiocarb<strong>on</strong> Laboratory, Kiel,<br />

Germany, 3 Chevr<strong>on</strong> Research And Technology Co., Richm<strong>on</strong>d, United States of America, 4 GasC<strong>on</strong>sult<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> Inc., Berkeley, United States of America (corresp<strong>on</strong>ding author:mschoell@gas-c<strong>on</strong>sult.com)<br />

Hydrogen isotopic signatures in individual compounds<br />

(n-alkanes, isoprenoids, steranes and carotenoids)<br />

are reported for products of the Eocene Green River<br />

shale and exhibit variati<strong>on</strong>s in �D between -135 and -<br />

296‰ VSMOW. The �D values of n-alkanes and<br />

isoprenoids are c<strong>on</strong>sistent with a primary biosynthetic<br />

origin. However, formerly poly-unsaturated<br />

carotenoids, perhydro-�-carotene and lexane, are<br />

str<strong>on</strong>gly depleted in deuterium, both in the immature<br />

gils<strong>on</strong>ite and a more mature oil. This suggests that<br />

during early diagenesis, the biological precursor<br />

carotenoids become saturated with hydrogen from an<br />

external, n<strong>on</strong>-biological source with estimated �D<br />

values of about –600‰. Using the primary<br />

biosynthetic-derived D-c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s of steranes, nalkanes<br />

and isoprenoids and applying known �DH20<br />

fracti<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>s between water and organic compounds,<br />

results in a narrow range of estimates of the Dc<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong><br />

of lake water of 0-20 ‰. This<br />

enrichment in deuterium is c<strong>on</strong>sistent with an arid<br />

lake envir<strong>on</strong>ment similar to today's desert lakes in<br />

California and other parts of the world.<br />

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