{"title":"Discussion on the studies of position-specific carbon isotopes of propane by Li et al. (2018), Zhang et al. (2022) and Shuai et al. (2023)","authors":"Juske Horita","doi":"10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104795","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In a series of recent publications in <em>Organic Geochemistry</em> and elsewhere, investigators from State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry and their collaborators have reported position-specific δ<sup>13</sup>C of propane obtained from natural reservoirs and pyrolysis experiments. Based solely on the very negative Δ<sub>C-T</sub> values (δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>center</sub> – δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>terminal</sub>), ranging from −7 to −10 ‰, they advocated for abiogenic origins of the propanes from sedimentary settings (shale and coal deposits). However, they never demonstrated accuracy of the data and it is likely that correct Δ<sub>C-T</sub> values for these propanes are close to zero ‰. Therefore, their discussion and interpretation in terms of geochemical processes, including a putative abiogenic origin, are not substantiated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":400,"journal":{"name":"Organic Geochemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Geochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638024000603","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In a series of recent publications in Organic Geochemistry and elsewhere, investigators from State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry and their collaborators have reported position-specific δ13C of propane obtained from natural reservoirs and pyrolysis experiments. Based solely on the very negative ΔC-T values (δ13Ccenter – δ13Cterminal), ranging from −7 to −10 ‰, they advocated for abiogenic origins of the propanes from sedimentary settings (shale and coal deposits). However, they never demonstrated accuracy of the data and it is likely that correct ΔC-T values for these propanes are close to zero ‰. Therefore, their discussion and interpretation in terms of geochemical processes, including a putative abiogenic origin, are not substantiated.
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Organic Geochemistry serves as the only dedicated medium for the publication of peer-reviewed research on all phases of geochemistry in which organic compounds play a major role. The Editors welcome contributions covering a wide spectrum of subjects in the geosciences broadly based on organic chemistry (including molecular and isotopic geochemistry), and involving geology, biogeochemistry, environmental geochemistry, chemical oceanography and hydrology.
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