Table 4 Normal alkane, isoprenoids, and related parameters of Da’anzhai shale.

From: Paleosedimentary environmental reconstruction and mechanisms of the response to the Toarcian OAE in a lacustrine shale system

Submember

Depth (m)

TOC (%)

CPI

OEP

Main peak carbon

Pr/Ph

Upper

2874.70

0.10

1.07

0.94

nC23

1.25

2880.69

0.52

1.08

1.00

nC19

1.26

2889.67

2.10

1.06

0.97

nC19

1.33

2890.87

1.08

1.11

1.28

nC14

1.39

2896.49

0.68

1.11

1.00

nC17

1.14

2899.07

1.09

1.11

0.99

nC20

1.08

2902.47

2.88

1.07

0.99

nC23

0.92

Middle

2904.31

2.46

1.08

0.98

nC23

0.94

2906.87

2.19

1.08

0.98

nC23

0.91

2909.06

0.75

1.08

0.99

nC23

0.91

2909.80

2.23

1.08

0.97

nC21

1.17

2912.85

0.46

1.10

0.99

nC23

1.03

2913.56

2.00

1.09

0.98

nC22

0.90

2915.12

1.92

1.09

1.00

nC23

0.96

2915.86

1.23

1.07

0.99

nC21

0.93

2916.72

1.07

1.08

1.00

nC23

0.88

2917.91

1.48

1.10

0.98

nC21

1.03

2920.25

2.69

1.10

1.01

nC23

0.98

2922.68

2.36

1.08

0.99

nC23

1.22

2923.89

1.40

1.10

0.98

nC25

0.99

2924.91

1.97

1.09

0.99

nC23

1.07

2925.93

1.38

1.11

0.96

nC20

1.08

2928.28

1.46

0.95

0.99

nC17

1.22

2930.08

3.63

1.09

0.99

nC23

1.07

2932.11

1.19

1.10

0.99

nC23

1.24

2934.81

2.10

1.08

0.93

nC17

1.18

2936.05

3.54

1.08

1.01

nC23

1.02

2938.35

3.36

1.11

1.01

nC23

1.14

2939.36

1.79

1.06

0.99

nC23

1.11

2942.44

0.94

1.10

1.02

nC17

1.30

2943.32

1.94

1.05

1.00

nC23

1.10

2944.67

2.19

1.07

0.99

nC21

1.15

2945.65

0.85

1.10

0.99

nC20

1.20

Lower

2950.53

0.14

1.12

1.01

nC23

1.18

2953.48

0.49

1.08

1.27

nC16

1.06

2958.21

0.53

1.11

0.99

nC19

0.82

  1. CPI carbon preference index, OEP odd-to-even predominance, Pr/Ph Pristane/phytane.