Kerogen origin, evolution and structure

M Vandenbroucke, C Largeau - Organic geochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Kerogen, commonly defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter (OM)
dispersed in sedimentary rocks, is by far the most abundant form of OM on Earth. This fossil …

Organosulfur compounds: molecular and isotopic evolution from biota to oil and gas

A Amrani - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Organosulfur compounds (OSCs) play important roles in the formation, preservation, and
thermal degradation of sedimentary organic matter and the associated petroleum …

Microbial sulfate reduction and organic sulfur formation in sinking marine particles

MR Raven, RG Keil, SM Webb - Science, 2021 - science.org
Climate change is driving an expansion of marine oxygen-deficient zones, which may alter
the global cycles of carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, and trace metals. Currently, however, we lack a …

Sedimentary parameters control the sulfur isotope composition of marine pyrite

I Halevy, DA Fike, V Pasquier, RN Bryant, CB Wenk… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Reconstructions of coupled carbon, oxygen, and sulfur cycles rely heavily on sedimentary
pyrite sulfur isotope compositions (δ34Spyr). With a model of sediment diagenesis, paired …

Dynamics of pyrite formation and organic matter sulfurization in organic-rich carbonate sediments

L Shawar, I Halevy, W Said-Ahmad, S Feinstein… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic-rich carbonate sediments are deposited in a range of environments today and in the
geologic past. A significant part of organic matter (OM) degradation in such sediments often …

Enigmatic super-heavy pyrite formation: Novel mechanistic insights from the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

C Cai, TW Lyons, P Sun, D Liu, D Wang, CJ Tino… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
It is not well understood how, in the immediate aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth,
marine sulfur cycling resulted in a global distribution of sedimentary pyrite with δ 34 S values …

Sulfur isotopes of organic matter preserved in 3.45-billion-year-old stromatolites reveal microbial metabolism

TRR Bontognali, AL Sessions… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The 3.45-billion-year-old Strelley Pool Formation of Western Australia preserves
stromatolites that are considered among the oldest evidence for life on Earth. In places of …

Speciation and Possible Origins of Organosulfur Compounds in Rice Paddy Soils Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

M Ren, Q Zhuang, X He, W Liu, C Guo… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Although sulfur cycling in acid mine drainage (AMD)-contaminated rice paddy soils is critical
to understanding and mitigating the environmental consequences of AMD, potential sources …

Sulfur cycling in an iron oxide-dominated, dynamic marine depositional system: The Argentine continental margin

N Riedinger, B Brunner, S Krastel, GL Arnold… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The interplay between sediment deposition patterns, organic matter type and the quantity
and quality of reactive mineral phases determines the accumulation, speciation, and isotope …

Compound-Specific δ34S Analysis of Volatile Organics by Coupled GC/Multicollector-ICPMS

A Amrani, AL Sessions, JF Adkins - Analytical Chemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
We have developed a highly sensitive and robust method for the analysis of δ34S in
individual organic compounds by coupled gas chromatography (GC) and multicollector …