地学前缘 ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 463-478.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2022.2.74

• 表层地球系统与生态环境效应 • 上一篇    下一篇

甲烷团簇同位素研究进展及其在表层地球系统碳循环研究中的应用

王欣楚1(), 刘丛强1,*(), 李思亮1, 徐胜1, 丁虎1, 庞智勇1, 帅燕华2   

  1. 1.天津大学 地球系统科学学院 表层地球系统科学研究院, 天津 300072
    2.中国石油勘探开发研究院, 北京 100083
  • 收稿日期:2021-11-23 修回日期:2022-05-06 出版日期:2023-03-25 发布日期:2023-01-05
  • 通讯作者: 刘丛强
  • 作者简介:王欣楚(1997—),男,博士研究生,环境科学专业。E-mail: wangxinchu@tju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(42071142);国家自然科学基金项目(41925002)

Methane clumped isotopes: Research progress and application in carbon cycling in Earth surface systems

WANG Xinchu1(), LIU Congqiang1,*(), LI Siliang1, XU Sheng1, DING Hu1, PANG Zhiyong1, SHUAI Yanhua2   

  1. 1. Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (PetroChina), Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-11-23 Revised:2022-05-06 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-01-05
  • Contact: LIU Congqiang

摘要:

团簇同位素是当今地球化学研究的前沿领域。有关团簇同位素技术原理、指示意义、模型校正等方面研究已取得初步成果,而在表层地球系统研究领域以及地理、环境和生态等领域的综合应用研究工作亟待加强。在表层地球系统中,碳循环过程涉及广泛且影响深远,而甲烷(CH4)作为碳循环中关键环节的重要物质组成,揭示其来源及地球化学过程具有重大意义。甲烷团簇同位素技术的引入将为开展相关研究提供有效工具,该技术在揭示时间-空间不同尺度碳循环研究等领域具有广阔的应用前景。本文综述了团簇同位素的理论基础、测试分析现状及国内外主要研究成果。重点讨论了CH4团簇同位素研究现状、理论模型和同位素不平衡的影响因素,并论述了团簇同位素在天然气、大气和水体CH4成因和转化的应用典型案例。最后提出对开展不同实验室间测试结果对比、测定自然丰度下环境样品、探索准平衡过程的展望,以期对未来应用甲烷及其他物质,如二氧化碳的团簇同位素开展表层地球系统碳循环研究起到一定的借鉴作用。

关键词: 团簇同位素, 甲烷, 二氧化碳, 表层地球系统, 碳循环

Abstract:

Clumped isotopes are a frontier field of geochemical research today. Basic researches on the technical principles of clumped isotope techniques, indicative value of clumped isotopes, clumped isotope calibration, etc. have yielded preliminary results; whereas applications of clumped isotopes are scarce in the study of Earth surface systems as well as in geography, environmental sciences and ecology. In Earth surface systems, carbon cycling has far-reaching implications, and for methane (CH4), an important part of the natural carbon cycle, revealing its source and geochemical process is of great importance. The introduction of methane clumped isotope method can provide an effective tool as likely it can be used to reveal carbon cycling at different scales in time and space. This article summarizes the theoretical basis of clumped isotopes and the current test analysis results, with focuses on the research status and theoretical models of methane clumped isotopes as well as the factors influencing isotopic disequilibrium, and discusses typical applications of clumped isotopes in studying methanogenesis and CH4 transformation in natural gas, atmosphere and water. Finally, test result comparisons between different laboratories, sample collection under natural isotopic abundances, and discussion on quasi-equilibrium process are put forward to provide a reference for future application of methane clumped isotopes and others, such as carbon dioxide clumped isotopes, in studying carbon cycling in Earth surface systems.

Key words: clumped isotopes, methane, carbon dioxide, Earth surface systems, carbon cycle

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