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The Origin of Organic Sulphur Compounds and Their Impact on the Paleoenvironmental Record

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Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Diversity, Origin, Chemistry and Fate

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Abstract

Over the past three decades, significant scientific progress has been achieved in the field of sedimentary organic sulphur compounds (OSC). Advances include structural identification, formation pathways, sulphur and carbon isotopic signatures of OSC, and their significance with respect to the paleoenvironmental record. The scope of the present review covers these efforts and highlights future directions in the field.

Initially, we review the marine sulphur cycle and its coupling to the carbon cycle from modern sediments to thermally immature sedimentary rocks. Microbial sulphate reduction (MSR) is a central process in providing reduced sulphur (e.g., HS−) which reacts abiotically with organic matter, on a very rapid (geological) timescale (<10,000 years), leading to its preservation. The S isotopic fractionation during MSR is significant, which subsequently leads to sedimentary OSC with very distinctive δ34S signature from that of biochemical OSC. Evaluating S isotope values on bulk fractions (e.g., kerogen), as well as individual OSC, can shed light on their formation pathways, the relative contributions of biochemically derived and abiotic sulphur, and competition with inorganic S pathways (e.g., organic S incorporation versus pyrite formation). New reservoirs of OSC (volatile, dissolved, and particulate), some of which comprise biochemically sourced sulphur, have been recently identified. Their role in the S cycle with respect to sedimentary OM is an ongoing research question.

We further discuss the progress made on specific groups of OSC as paleoenvironmental indicators. For each group, we first briefly highlight their significance as biomarkers. Then, we discuss aspects related to their sulphurization sites, rates and extent of sulphurization, preservation, and biases of the geological record resulting from the sulphurization process. New frontiers, both on the analytical level and in terms of our conceptual view of the sulphur cycle, are also highlighted.

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of Ronald Kiene, an inspiring scientist and mentor and a dear friend. A.A. thanks the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant No. 1738/16 for partial support to this study. Y. O. R. and A.A. acknowledge grant No. 15/16 from the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources of Israel.

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Kutuzov, I., Rosenberg, Y.O., Bishop, A., Amrani, A. (2020). The Origin of Organic Sulphur Compounds and Their Impact on the Paleoenvironmental Record. In: Wilkes, H. (eds) Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Diversity, Origin, Chemistry and Fate. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90569-3_1

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