Bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers of sediments from the Congo fan


Autoria(s): Cooke, M P; Talbot, Helen M; Wagner, Thomas
Cobertura

MEDIAN LATITUDE: -4.639405 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 9.969052 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -11.906667 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 6.731667 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 2.680000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 13.073333 * DATE/TIME START: 1997-08-23T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 1998-03-11T10:07:00

Data(s)

18/02/2008

Resumo

The transport and deposition of terrestrially derived organic matter (TOM) into the ocean is an important but poorly constrained aspect of the modern global carbon cycle. A preliminary study of Late Quaternary sediments from the Congo deep sea fan (ODP leg 175, site 1075, 2 km water depth) and four surface samples from associated cores has confirmed the presence of proposed soil-specific bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers (BHPs) including adenosylhopane, in samples to a depth of 89 m. Concentrations of soil marker BHPs are high in the upper sediment section (to 49 m) and the closest related surface sample (4913), supporting the case for these molecular markers as novel proxies for soil organic carbon (SOC) supply via riverine transport and subsequent burial. Distinct peaks for the markers at about 21, 34 and 60 m below surface level tentatively imply that the rate of TOM discharge from tropical Africa significantly increased at these times, possibly associated with periods of reduced soil stability in the Congo catchment.

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application/zip, 2 datasets

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https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.757489

doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.757489

Idioma(s)

en

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PANGAEA

Direitos

CC-BY: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Access constraints: unrestricted

Fonte

Supplement to: Cooke, M P; Talbot, Helen M; Wagner, Thomas (2008): Tracking soil organic carbon transport to continental margin sediments using soil-specific hopanoid biomarkers: A case study from the Congo fan (ODP site 1075). Organic Geochemistry, 39(8), 965-971, doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.03.009

Palavras-Chave #[M+H]+; [M+H-Ch3COOH]+; 175-1075; 2-Methyladenosylhopane per unit mass total organic carbon; 2-Methyl non-nitrogen containing bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers cyclitol ether per unit mass total organic carbon; 32,35-Anhydro non-nitrogen containing bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers per unit mass total organic carbon; Adenosylhopane per unit mass total organic carbon; Age; AGE; Aminotetrol per unit mass total organic carbon; Aminotriol per unit mass total organic carbon; Benguela Current, South Atlantic Ocean; BHhexol cyclitol ether per unit mass total organic carbon; BHpentol cyclitol ether per unit mass total organic carbon; Carbon, organic, total; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Depth; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Depth bot; Depth top; Eastern Niger fan; Event; GeoB4901-2; GeoB4909-7; GeoB4913-4; GeoB4917-2; Ia/TOC; Ic/TOC; Id/TOC; Ie/TOC; If/TOC; Ig/TOC; Ih/TOC; Ii/TOC; IIa/TOC; IIe/TOC; Ij/TOC; Joides Resolution; Leg175; M41/1; Meteor (1986); MUC; MultiCorer; Non-nitrogen containing bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers cyclitol ether per unit mass total organic carbon; Non-nitrogen containing bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers glucosamine per unit mass total organic carbon; Non-nitrogen containing bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers per unit mass total organic carbon; northern Congo fan; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; off Angola; off Gabun; PROFILUR; PROFILUR Lander; TOC
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