Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event

Harald Strauss; Victor A. Melezhik; Aivo Lepland; Anthony E. Fallick; Eero J. Hanski; Michael M. Filippov; Yulia E. Deines; Christian J. Illing; Alenka E. Črne; Alexander T. Brasier

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Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event

Harald Strauss^*, Victor A. Melezhik, Aivo Lepland, Anthony E. Fallick, Eero J. Hanski, Michael M. Filippov, Yulia E. Deines, Christian J. Illing, Alenka E. Črne, Alexander T. Brasier

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A number of sedimentary formations deposited globally around 2.0 Ga ago are characterised by high abundances of organic carbon. These formations often contain occurrences of highly concentrated, matured organic material representing metamorphosed oil, now pyrobitumen. Apart from their common names pyrobitumen or anthraxolite, different terminology has been used for these rocks within the pertinent literature, including shungite, thucolite, or Precambrian “coal”. Given their long and frequently complex geologic history, these sedimentary formations exhibit a variable and sometimes substantial degree of metamorphic (thermal) overprint. Consequently, many of them show undisputable signs of thermal mobilisation, migration and likely loss of hydrocarbons/bitumen. This includes the so-called shungite rocks on the Fennoscandian Shield.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation
Subtitle of host publication	Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project
Editors	V. Melezhik, A. R. Prave, E. J. Hanski, A. E. Fallick, A. Lepland, L. R. Kump, H. Strauss
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	1195-1273
Number of pages	79
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642296703
ISBN (Print)	9783642296697, 9783662522035
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013

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Name	Frontiers in Earth Sciences
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	1863-4621
ISSN (Electronic)	1863-463X

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Strauss, H., Melezhik, V. A., Lepland, A., Fallick, A. E., Hanski, E. J., Filippov, M. M., Deines, Y. E., Illing, C. J., Črne, A. E., & Brasier, A. T. (2013). Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event. In V. Melezhik, A. R. Prave, E. J. Hanski, A. E. Fallick, A. Lepland, L. R. Kump, & H. Strauss (Eds.), Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project (Vol. 3, pp. 1195-1273). Article 7.6 (Frontiers in Earth Sciences; Vol. 8). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_6

Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event. / Strauss, Harald; Melezhik, Victor A.; Lepland, Aivo et al.
Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project. ed. / V. Melezhik; A. R. Prave; E. J. Hanski; A. E. Fallick; A. Lepland; L. R. Kump; H. Strauss. Vol. 3 Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. p. 1195-1273 7.6 (Frontiers in Earth Sciences; Vol. 8).

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Strauss, H, Melezhik, VA, Lepland, A, Fallick, AE, Hanski, EJ, Filippov, MM, Deines, YE, Illing, CJ, Črne, AE & Brasier, AT 2013, Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event. in V Melezhik, AR Prave, EJ Hanski, AE Fallick, A Lepland, LR Kump & H Strauss (eds), Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project. vol. 3, 7.6, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 8, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 1195-1273. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_6

Strauss H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Fallick AE, Hanski EJ, Filippov MM et al. Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter: The Shunga Event. In Melezhik V, Prave AR, Hanski EJ, Fallick AE, Lepland A, Kump LR, Strauss H, editors, Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project. Vol. 3. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2013. p. 1195-1273. 7.6. (Frontiers in Earth Sciences). Epub 2012 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_6

Strauss, Harald ; Melezhik, Victor A. ; Lepland, Aivo et al. / Enhanced Accumulation of Organic Matter : The Shunga Event. Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project. editor / V. Melezhik ; A. R. Prave ; E. J. Hanski ; A. E. Fallick ; A. Lepland ; L. R. Kump ; H. Strauss. Vol. 3 Berlin : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. pp. 1195-1273 (Frontiers in Earth Sciences).

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