Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Features of Bitumoid Distribution in Bottom Sediments of the Barents Sea

  • MARINE GEOLOGY
  • Published:
Oceanology Aims and scope

Abstract

The results on the content, composition, and distribution of chloroform bitumoids (CBs) in the Holocene sediments of the Barents Sea are presented (Cruise 68 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, July–August 2017). Depending on the sedimentation conditions, CB concentrations varied on average (μg/g of dry mass) as follows: Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (174) > Svalbard Archipelago (131) > Western part (78) > Central part (69) > Franz Josef Land (52). Hydrocarbons comprised almost half (46% on average with the maximum of 85%) in the composition of CBs. Their distribution in the thickness of sediments is different and depends not only on the particle-size composition of sediments and the content of organic matter in them, but also on the variability of redox conditions and fluid flows of hydrocarbons from a sedimentary stratum. Therefore, markers of alkane composition and IR-Fourier spectra indicated both sedimentary (Murmansk bank, the Franz Josef Land shelf) and point oil (shelf of Svalbard Archipelago, Medvezhinskii Trench) sources of hydrocarbons.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Barents Shelf Plate, Ed. by I. S. Gramberg (Nedra, Leningrad, 1988) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  2. L. J. Bellamy, The Infrared Spectra of Complex Molecules (Methuen, London, 1958; Inostrannaya Literatura, Moscow, 1963). [in Russian]

  3. L. J. Bellamy, Advances in Infrared Group Frequencies (Methuen, London, 1968; Mir, Moscow, 1971).

  4. L. S. Borisova, “Geochemistry, composition, and structure of protoasphaltenes in organic matter of recent lacustrine sediments,” Russ. Geol. Geophys. 58, 294–298 (2017) [in Russian].

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. E. R. Galieva, “Assessment of prospects of oil-gas capacity of Barents Sea basin by sedimentation rate criterion,” Neftegaz. Geol., Teor. Prakt. 4 (3), (2009). http:// www.ngtp.ru/rub/5/28_2009.pdf. Accessed March 17, 2020 [in Russian].

  6. Yu. N. Grigorenko, “Oil and gas accumulation zone as an object of study and forecast,” Neftegaz. Geol., Teor. Prakt. 11 (4), (2016). http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/ 49_2016.pdf. Accessed March 27, 2020. [in Russian]

  7. V. D. Kaminskii, O. I. Suprunenko, A. N. Smirnov, et al., “Modern resources and exploration of mineral resource base of the shelf area of the Russian Arctic,” Razved. Okhr. Nedr., No. 9, 136–142 (2016). [in Russian]

  8. V. A. Kashirtsev, Organic Geochemistry of Naphthides in the East of the Siberian Platform (Yakut Division, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, 2003) [in Russian].

  9. A. E. Kontorovich and L. S. Borisova, “Composition of asphaltenes as an indicator of dispersed organic matter type,” Geokhimiya, No. 11, 1660–1667 (1994). [in Russian]

    Google Scholar 

  10. M. D. Kravchishina, A. N. Novigatskii, A. S. Savvichev, et al., “Studies on sedimentary systems in the Barents Sea and Norwegian–Greenland Basin during cruise 68 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh,” Oceanology 59, 158–160 (2019). [in Russian]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. A. Yu. Lein, I. A. Nemirovskaya, and M. V. Ivanov, “Isotope composition of organic and carbonate carbon of surface horizons of bottom sediments in the area of the Shtokmanovskoe deposit and “pockmarks field” in the Barents Sea,” Dokl. Earth Sci. 446, 1067–1070 (2012).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. I. A. Nemirovskaya, Oil in the Ocean: Pollution and Natural Flows (Nauchnyi Mir, Moscow, 2013) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  13. I. A. Nemirovskaya, “Hydrocarbons in the water and bottom sediments of the Barents Sea during ice cover variability,” Geochem. Int. 58, 822–834 (2020). [in Russian]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. I. A. Nemirovskaya and A. V. Travkina, “Hydrocarbons of bottom sediments at the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea,” Water Resour. 41, 677–686 (2014). [in Russian]

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. V. I. Petrova, G. I. Batova, A. V. Kursheva, et al., “Hydrocarbons in bottom sediments of the Shtokmanovskoe deposit: distribution, genesis, and time series,” Neftegaz. Geol., Teor. Prakt. 10 (3), (2015). http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/1/35_2015.pdf. [in Russian]

  16. The Pechora Seas: Experience of Systemic Studies (More, Moscow, 2003) [in Russian].

  17. B. V. Stolyarov, I. M. Savinov, and A. G. Vitenberg, Practical Manual on Gas Chromatography (Khimiya, Leningrad, 1988) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  18. A. V. Stupakova, “The structure and oil-gas capacity of the Barents-Kara shelf and adjacent areas,” Geol. Nefti Gaza, No. 6, 99–115 (2011) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  19. G. A. Tarasov and V. V. Alekseev, “Lithological-geological features of environment of the organisms,” in Paleogeography and Paleoecology of the Barents and White Seas in Quaternary (Kola Scientific Center, Apatity, 1987), pp. 24–43. [in Russian]

    Google Scholar 

  20. B. Tissot and D. Welte, Petroleum Formation and Occurrence: A New Approach to Oil and Gas Exploration (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1978

    Book  Google Scholar 

  21. V. A. Uspenskii, O. A. Radchenko, A. I. Gorskaya, and A. P. Shishkova, Bituminological Research Methods (Nedra, Leningrad, 1975) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  22. D. S. Yashin, “Holocene sedimentogenesis of the Russian Arctic seas,” in Geological-Geophysical Characteristics of Lithosphere of the Arctic Region, Tr. Vseross. Nauchno-Issled. Inst. Geol. Miner. Resur. Mirovogo Okeana no. 3 (All Russian Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean, St. Petersburg, 2000), pp. 57–67.) [in Russian].

  23. AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme) Ch. 4 Sources, Inputs and Concentrations of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and other Contaminants Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic. Oslo: AMAP. 2007. 87 p.

  24. J. D. Ehrhardt, “Negative-ion mass spectra of methylated diuretics,” Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 6 (5), 349–351 (1992).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. W. A. England, A. S. MacKenzie, D. M. Mann, and T. M. Quigley, “The movement and entrapment of petroleum fluids in the subsurface,” J. Geol. Soc. 144, 327–347 (1987).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. M. B. Fernandes and M. A. Sicre, “The importance of terrestrial organic carbon inputs on Kara Sea shelves as revealed by n-alkanes, OC and δ13C values,” Org. Geochem. 31, 363–374 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Yu. S. Glyaznetsova, I. N. Zueva, O. N. Chalaya, and S. Kh. Lifshits, “Features of bitumoids composition of bottom sediments of the coastal zone of the East Siberian Sea,” IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 193, 012009 (2018).

  28. Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects (National Academy of Sciences Press Washington, DC, 2003).

  29. M. Nishumura and E. W. Baker, “Possible origin of n‑alkanes with remarkable even-to-odd predominance in recent marine sediments,” Geochim. Cosmochim Acta 50 (2), 299–305 (1985).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. M. B. Yunker, R. W. Macdonald, P. S. Ross, et al., “Alkane and PAH provenance and potential bioavailability in coastal marine sediments subject to a gradient of anthropogenic sources in British Columbia, Canada,” Org. Geochem. 89–90, 80–116 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

The sampling was supported by Program IX.131.1, the data were obtained in the framework of a state assignment (topic no. 0128-2019-0011), and the data generalization and preparing for publication were supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation (projects nos. 19–17-00234 and АААА-А17–1170400710036-4).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia

    Yu. S. Glyaznetsova

  2. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Nemirovskaya

Authors
  1. Yu. S. Glyaznetsova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. I. A. Nemirovskaya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Yu. S. Glyaznetsova or I. A. Nemirovskaya.

Additional information

Translated by I. Bel’chenko

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Glyaznetsova, Y.S., Nemirovskaya, I.A. Features of Bitumoid Distribution in Bottom Sediments of the Barents Sea. Oceanology 60, 831–839 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437020050057

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437020050057

Keywords:

Search

Navigation