Geochemical characteristics of sediment pore water from Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough of South China Sea and their significance for gas hydrate occurrence

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• 作者：Tao Yang (1) (2)
  Shaoyong Jiang (1) (2)
  Lu Ge (1) (2)
  Jinghong Yang (2) (3)
  Hongfei Ling (1) (2)
  Nengyou Wu (4)
  Guangxue Zhang (4)
  Jian Liu (4)
  Daohua Chen (2) (4)
  
• 关键词：gas hydrate ; ion contents ; C ; O isotopes ; pore water ; Xisha trough
• 刊名：Frontiers of Earth Science
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：May 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：1
• 期：2
• 页码：212-217
• 全文大小：536KB
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• 作者单位：Tao Yang (1) (2)
  Shaoyong Jiang (1) (2)
  Lu Ge (1) (2)
  Jinghong Yang (2) (3)
  Hongfei Ling (1) (2)
  Nengyou Wu (4)
  Guangxue Zhang (4)
  Jian Liu (4)
  Daohua Chen (2) (4)
  
  1. State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
  2. Center for Marine Geochemistry Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
  3. The Key Laboratory of Coastal and Island Development, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
  4. Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou, 510760, China
  
• ISSN：2095-0209

文摘

Gas hydrate is a recently-found new source of energy that mostly exists in marine sediments. In recent years, we have conducted gas hydrate exploration in the South China Sea. The Xisha trough, one of the promising target areas for gas hydrate, is located in the northern margin of the South China Sea, adjacent to several large oil and gas fields. The Xisha trough extends 420 km long with the water depth of 1 500 m in the west part and 3 400 m in the east part and deposits thick sediments with organic matter content of 0.41%-.02%. Previous studies on topographical features, geological P-T conditions, structural geology, sedimentary geology and geophysical bottom simulating reflectors (BSR) in the Xisha trough suggest that this area is favorable for the formation and accumulation of gas hydrate. In this paper, we present geochemical analyses for the sediment and pore water from a piston core at Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough. Seven pore water samples were analyzed for their anion (Cl?/sup>, SO4 2?/sup>, Br?/sup>, I?/sup>) contents, cation (Na, K, Ca, Mg) contents and trace element (Li, B, Sr, Ba, Rb, Mn) contents. Eight sediment samples were analyzed for stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions. A number of geochemical anomalies such as anions (e.g. Cl?/sup>, SO4 2?/sup>), cations (e.g. Ca, Mg) and trace elements (e.g. Sr, Ba, B) were found in this study. For example, the concentrations of Cl?/sup> and SO4 2?/sup> in pore water show a decreasing trend with depth. The estimated sulfate/methane interface (SMI) is only 18 m, which is quite similar to the SMI value of 23 m in the ODP164 Leg 997 at Blake Ridge. The Ca, Mg and Sr concentrations of pore water also decrease with depth, but concentrations of Ba, and Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios increase with depth. These geochemical anomalies are quite similar to those found in gas hydrate locations in the world such as the Blake Ridge and may be related to the formation and dissociation of gas hydrates. The salt exclusion effect during the gas hydrate formation will cause an increase in major ion concentrations in the pore waters that diffused upward such as Cl. The anaerobic methane oxidation (AMO) may lead to the change of SO4 2?/sup> and other cations such as Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba in pore water. Low δ 13C value of authigenic carbonates is a good indicator for gas hydrate occurrence. However, the bulk sediment samples we analyzed all show normal δ 13C values similar to biogenic marine carbonates, and this may also suggest that no gas hydrate-related authigenic carbonates exist or their amount is so small that they are not detectable by using this bulk analytical method. In conclusion, we suggest that the Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough of the northern margin of the South China Sea is a potential target for further gas hydrate exploration.