Organic geochemistry of sediment samples from Prydz Bay
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MEDIAN LATITUDE: -67.970000 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 75.895750 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -68.387000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 75.409000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -67.553000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 76.382500 * DATE/TIME START: 1988-01-27T12:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 1988-02-02T07:30:00 |
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28/04/1991
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High molecular weight aliphatic hydrocarbons were extracted from sediments at two sites (741 and 742) drilled during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 119 in Prydz Bay, a major embayment on the continental shelf of East Antarctica. The distributions of n-alkanes and triterpenoid and steroid hydrocarbons suggest that the n-alkanes and steranes are mainly of terrestrial origin and that the hydrocarbons are immature to slightly mature in the Lower Cretaceous sediments and immature to mature in the Tertiary sediments. At Site 741, the Lower Cretaceous depositional sequence, which is generally characterized by immature hydrocarbons, is interrupted by sediment having more mature components, suggesting a change of source during part of Early Cretaceous time. At Site 742, the mature geochemical parameters of a Pliocene sample correlate with results reported elsewhere for Site 739. In all but one of the other Tertiary samples, the geochemical parameters indicate intermediate maturity. The Lower Cretaceous and Pliocene sediments average about 1.9% organic carbon, a value of interest from the point of view of potential sources of petroleum offshore from Antarctica. |
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https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.759888 doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.759888 |
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PANGAEA |
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CC-BY: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted |
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Supplement to: Kvenvolden, Keith A; Hostettler, Frances D; Rapp, John B; Frank, Tamara J (1991): Aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediments from Prydz Bay, Antarctica. In: Barron, J; Larsen, B; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 119, 417-424, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.119.210.1991 |
Palavras-Chave | #119-741A; 119-742A; C29aaa20S/(20S + R), Steranes (m/z 217). Empty cells = R only; C30ab/ba, Triterpanes (m/z 191); C30bb/ab, Triterpanes (m/z 191). Empty cells = ab only; C3122S/(22S + 22R), Triterpanes (m/z 191); Carbon, organic, total; Carbon number of the homologue with highest abundance; Cmax; Depth; DEPTH, sediment/rock; dominant steroid hydrocarbon; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Epoch; Event; Extract; fraction; Joides Resolution; Label; Leg119; mbsf; n-C6H14; n-Hexane; Ocean Drilling Program; Odd-even predominance index; ODP; ODP sample designation; OEP; Prydz Bay; Ratio; Sample code/label; Steroids; sulfur-free; Tm/Ts, Triterpanes (m/z 191). # = 11 and 21; TOC |
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