Studying microscale distributions of aliphatic C-H bonds in Neoproterozoic prokaryotic fossils using SR micro-FTIR
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- Igisu Motoko
- Department of Subsurface Geobiology Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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- Komiya Tsuyoshi
- Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo
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- Ikemoto Yuka
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
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- Geng Yechuan
- Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo
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- Uehara Hiroki
- Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo
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Abstract
<p>Synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (SR micro-FTIR) was applied to ~830 Ma prokaryotic fossils in a doubly polished thin section in order to examine the micrometer-scaled spatial distributions of organic components in the microfossils. Mapping analysis allowed us to locate aliphatic C-H bonds (~2925 cm–1 band and ~2850 cm–1 band) in two species of microfossils (a filament and a coccoid) with a ~2 × 2 μm2 rectangular aperture. The distributions of the ~2925 cm–1 band and ~2850 cm–1 band agree with the morphology of the filament, and also seem to be partially distributed along the wall structure of the coccoid. These results suggest that the SR micro-FTIR can provide a few microscale distributions of organic/inorganic components in prokaryotic fossils in doubly polished thin sections. However, artifacts are sometimes generated when certain analytical models are used, and some caution must be exercised to avoid their generation.</p>
Journal
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- GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 51 (6), 589-594, 2017
GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679530929408
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- NII Article ID
- 130006243144
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- NII Book ID
- AA00654975
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- ISSN
- 18805973
- 00167002
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- NDL BIB ID
- 028718929
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- Disallowed