Organic carbon and biomarker record from the Laptev Sea continental margin

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In order to understand the processes controlling organic carbon deposition (i.e., primary productivity vs. terrigenous supply) and their paleoceanographic significance, three sediment cores (PS2471, PS2474. and PS2476) from the Laptev Sea continental margin were investigated for their content and composition of organic carbon. The characterization of organic matter indudes the determination of buk parameters (hydrogen index values and C/N ratios) and the analysis of specific biomarkers (n-alaknes, fatty acids, alkenones, and pigments).Total organic carbon (TOC) values vary between 0.3 and 2%. In general, the organic matter from the Laptev Sea continental margin is dominated by terrigenous matter throughout. However. significant amounts of marine organic carbon occur. The turbidites, according to a still preliminary stratigraphy probably deposited during glacial Oxygen Isotope Stages 2 and 4, are characterized by maximum amounts of organic carbon of terrigenous origin. Marine organic carbon appears to show enhanced relative abundances in the Termination I (?) and early Holocene time intervals, as indicated by maximum amounts of short chain n-alkanes, short-chain fatty acids, and alkenones. The increased amounts of faity acids, however, may also have a freshwater origin due to increased river discharge at that time. The occurrence of alkenones is suggested to indicate an intensification of Atlantic water inflow along the Eurasian continental margin starting at that time.Oxygen Isotope Stage l accumutation rates of total organic carhon are 0.3, 0.17, and 0.02 C/cm**2/ky in cores PS2476, PS2474, and PS2471, respectively.

For susceptibility records see Nürnberg et al. (1995) dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.733565

Supplement to: Stein, Ruediger; Fahl, Kirsten; Niessen, Frank; Siebold, Martina (1999): Late quaternary organic carbon and biomarker records from the Laptev Sea continental margin (Arctic Ocean): implications for organic carbon flux and composition. In: Kassens, H; Bauch, H A; Dmitrenko, I A; Eicken, H; Hubberten, H-W; Melles, M; Thiede, J & Timokhov, L A (eds.), Land-ocean systems in the Siberian Arctic: dynamics and history, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 635-656

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.733566
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.733566
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Creator Stein, Ruediger ORCID logo; Fahl, Kirsten ORCID logo; Niessen, Frank ORCID logo; Siebold, Martina
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 1999
Funding Reference Fourth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 Crossref Funder ID MAS3980185 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/MAS3980185 Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 4 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (59.215W, 77.390S, 119.793E, 87.590N); Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean; Amundsen Basin; Laptev Sea
Temporal Coverage Begin 1991-08-13T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1993-09-17T00:00:00Z