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. 2021 Feb 17;12:1101. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21323-z

Table 1.

Overview of gas composition and solid phases in barite-hosted fluid inclusions as determined by Raman analysis.

Gas composition (mol%) Raman-active solids
Fluid inclusion Phases at Troom Water vol. frac. CO2 H2S CH4 N2 COS (carbonyl sulfide) Kerogen Anatase Pyrite Strontianite Sulfur
Aqueous carbonic-sulfuric inclusions (± strontianite ±sulfur)
 2A_01 Lw + V + S (not Raman-active) 0.99 n.d.
 3F-4_04 Lw + V 0.99 100
 3A_05 L + V + S1 + S2 + opaque 0.9 100 X X
 3F-4_03 Lw + L + V + S 0.6 99.2 0.8 X
 3F-4_01 Lw + V 0.8 96.2 3.1 0.7
 1D-1_01 Lw + V + S 0.9 93.8 6.2 X
 3F-4_02 Lw + V + S 0.9 93.4 6.6 X
 3_01 Lw + V + S1 + S2 + S3 + S4 0.6 91.6 8.4 X X
 3D_01 Lw + L + V + S 0.3 87.0 13.0 X X
 3D_04 (Lw) + L + V + S1 + S2 0.1 86.0 14.0 X X
 3F-4_05 Lw + V + S1 + S2 + S3 0.95 85.6 14.4 (X) X X X
 1D-1_02 Lw + V + S 0.9 85.3 13.6 (X) X
 3D_03 (Lw) + L + V + S1 + S2 0.1 84.3 15.2 0.4 ? X X
 3-D_05 Lw + L + V + S1 + S2 + S3 + opaque 0.7 84.0 16.0 X ? X ?
 3D_02 (Lw) + L + V 0.1 81.0 19.0 ?
 1A-2_08 Lw + L2 + V + S1 0.9 76.0 24.0 ? X
Non-aqueous carbonic-sulfuric inclusions (± sulfur ±kerogen)
 1A-2_04 L + V + S1 + S2 « 78.0 21.6 0.4 X X
 1A-2_06 L + V + S « 78.0 21.6 0.4 (X) X
 1A-2_05 L + V + S1 + S2 « 77.5 23.0 0.5 (X) X
 1A-2_07 L + S1 « 76.0 23.5 0.5 ? X X
 1C-1_01 L + V + S « 64.9 33.7 1.4 X
 1C-1_02 L + V + S « 62.7 36.4 0.9 X

Lw liquid water, L other liquid (e.g. CO2), V vapour, S solid, vol. frac. volume fraction.