Speciation of sulfur in the insoluble organic matter from carbonaceous chondrites by XANES spectroscopy

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Orthous-Daunay, François-Regis, Quirico, Eric, Lemelle, Laurence, Beck, P., De Andrade, Vanessa, Simionovici, Alexandre, Derenne, Sylvie
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LABORATOIRE DE SCIENCE DE LA TERRE, ENS, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre (LST), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaines Alpines (LGCA), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux (Bioemco), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AgroParisTech-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Murchison; Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: https://hal-bioemco.ccsd.cnrs.fr/bioemco-00575865; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.012

Sulfur speciation in a comprehensive set of insoluble organic matter (IOM) samples extracted from 3 CI (Orgueil, Alais, Ivuna), 5 CM (QUE97990, Murchison, Murray, QUE99355, Cold Bokkeveld), 1 CR (Renazzo) and ungrouped C2 Tagish Lake chondrites has been studied by K-edge XANES micro-spectroscopy. Five main sulfur groups were identified: (1) sulfides, (2) aliphatic sulfur, (3) heterocyclic organic sulfur, (4) oxidized organic sulfur and (5) sulfates. The IOM of the 3 CIs and the extensively altered Cold Bokkeveld CM exhibit a higher abundance of heterocyclic versus aliphatic organic sulfur compared to the other CMs and compared to the Renazzo and Tagish Lake chondrites. This suggests greater thermal heating on the parent body of CIs, consistent with the higher temperatures experienced by these chondrites (~ 70 °C for the most altered clasts of Cold Bokkeveld; 100-150 °C for CIs). Alais may have experienced more heating than Ivuna and Orgueil. The IOM of CIs contains oxidized organic sulfur, suggesting the presence of a mild-temperature oxidation process on the parent body. Among type 2 chondrites other than Cold Bokkeveld, no significant variation of the sulfur speciation was detected. This suggests tenuous oxidation processes and a low-temperature aqueous alteration (< ~ 35 °C) on the parent body. The global chemical variations between the CR and CM groups (e.g. H/C elemental ratio, alkyl groups concentration) reported in earlier studies appear to be more the result of chemical variations among the accreted precursors than of post-accretional processes.