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Surface sediment from the coastal bays of Gwangyang and Masan in South Korea were analyzed for their contents and isotopic
values of organic carbon and total nitrogen. The sources and diagenetic alteration of organic matter were also assessed. Total
organic carbon varied from 0.22% to 3.48% (average = 1.40%, n = 75), and C/N ratios varied from 2.4 to 15.2 (average = 8.79,
n = 75). δ13Corg ranged from −19.92‰ to −25.86‰ (average = −21.21‰, n = 75), and δ15NTN ranged from 8.57‰ to 3.93‰ (average = 6.49‰, n = 75). Total organic carbon in both areas was associated with grain-size,
with higher contents in finer grained sediment. The high carbon content observed in Masan Bay sediment correlated with its
higher C/N ratio. δ13Corg and δ15NTN varied widely, attributable to various influences such as the input of terrestrial organic matter and diagenetic alteration.
The depleted δ13Corg and higher δ15NTN observed in the sediment of Gwangyang Bay reflected terrestrial supply, implying that biogeochemical processes, i.e. bacterial
degradation, were more active in Masan Bay sediment, which showed less depleted δ13Corg and higher δ15NTN than Gwangyang Bay sediment. δ15NTN was the more useful indicator of biogeochemical processes in the highly anoxic sediment. These results indicate that the
δ13Corg and δ15NTN of sedimentary organic matter in coastal bays can indicate the source and degree of diagenetic alteration of sedimentary
organic matter. 相似文献
2.
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in suspended matter and sediments from the Godavari estuary 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
V. V. S. S. Sarma J. Arya Ch. V. Subbaiah S. A. Naidu L. Gawade P. Praveen Kumar N. P. C. Reddy 《Journal of Oceanography》2012,68(2):307-319
Spatial distribution of the carbon and nitrogen content and their isotopic enrichment in suspended matter and sediments were
measured in the Godavari estuary to identify the sources and transformation mechanism of organic matter. Significant variability
in isotopic distribution was found over the entire length of the Godavari estuary, suggesting multiple sources of organic
matter. The mean isotopic ratios (δ13Csed −25.1 ± 0.9, δ13Csus −24.9 ± 1, δ15Nsed 8.0 ± 2 and δ15Nsus 6.5 ± 0.9‰) and elemental concentrations (Csed 0.45 ± 0.2%, Csus 0.9 ± 0.7%, Nsed 0.07 ± 0.05% and Nsus 0.16 ± 0.1%) support a predominantly terrigenous source. Significant enrichment in the isotopic ratios of δ13C from the upper to lower estuary in both suspended (−27.5 and −24.3‰, respectively) and sedimentary (−26.2 and −24.9‰, respectively)
phases indicates a decrease in the influence of terrigeneous material toward the mouth of the estuary. A significant positive
relationship exists between the δ13C of suspended and sediment, which indicates that these two organic carbon pools are likely coupled in the form of a significant
exchange between the two phases. A positive relationship exists between chlorophyll a and suspended organic matter, which may mean that a significant source of organic carbon is the in situ produced phytoplankton.
But, applying a simple mixing model to our isotopes, data yielded about 46% as the contribution of the terrestrial source
to suspended matter, which may support the excessive heterotrophic activity in the Godavari estuary reported earlier. 相似文献
3.
Ryo Sugimoto Akihide Kasai Toshihiro Miyajima Kouichi Fujita 《Journal of Oceanography》2008,64(1):39-48
Temporal changes in nitrogen isotopic composition (δ15N) of the NO3
− pool in the water column below the pycnocline in Ise Bay, Japan were investigated to evaluate the effect of nitrification
on the change in the δ15N in the water column. The δ15N of NO3
− in the lower layers varied from −8.5‰ in May to +8.4‰ in July in response to the development of seasonal hypoxia and conversion
from NH4
+ to NO3
−. The significantly 15N-depleted NO3
− in May most likely arose from nitrification in the water column. The calculated apparent isotopic discrimination for water
column nitrification (ɛnit = δ15Nsubstrate − δ15Nproduct) was 24.5‰, which lies within the range of previous laboratory-based estimates. Though prominent deficits of NO3
− from hypoxic bottom waters due to denitrification were revealed in July, the isotopic discrimination of denitrification in
the sediments was low (ɛdenit = ∼1‰). δ15NNO3 in the hypoxic lower layer mainly reflects the isotopic effect of water column nitrification, given that water column nitrification
is not directly linked with sedimentary denitrification and the effect of sedimentary denitrification on the change in δ15NNO3 is relatively small. 相似文献
4.
Keiji Horikawa Masao Minagawa Yoshihisa Kato Masafumi Murayama Seiya Nagao 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(4):427-439
N2 fixation is an important biological process that adds new nitrogen to oceans and plays a key role in modulating the oceanic
nitrate inventory. However, it is not known how, when, and where N2 fixation rates have varied in response to past climate changes. This study presents a new record of nitrogen isotopic composition
(δ15N) over the last 83 kyr from a sediment core (KH02-4 SUP8) taken in the Sulu Sea in the western equatorial Pacific region;
data allow the N2 fixation variability in the sea to be reconstructed. Sediments, sinking, and suspended particulate organic matter (POM) all
have lighter isotopic values compared to the δ15N values of substrate nitrate (av. 5.8‰) in North Pacific Intermediate Water. These lighter δ15N values are regarded as reflecting N2 fixation in the Sulu Sea surface water. A δ15N mass balance model shows that N2 fixation rates were significantly enhanced during 54–34 kyr in MIS-3 and MIS-2. It has been speculated that higher interglacial
denitrification rates in the Arabian Sea and the eastern tropical Pacific would have markedly decreased the global oceanic
N inventory and contributed to the increase in N2 fixation in oligotrophic regions, but such a model was not revealed by our study. It is possible that changes in N2 fixation rates in the Sulu Sea were regional response, and accumulation of phosphate in the surface waters due to enhanced
monsoon-driven mixing is thought to have stimulated enhancements of N2 fixation during MIS-3 and MIS-2. 相似文献
5.
Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Characterization of Organic Matter in a Mangrove Ecosystem on the Southwestern Coast of Thailand 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Organic matter in a tropical mangrove ecosystem was characterized by stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyze, conducted
on various organic samples, including land and mangrove plants, soils, particulate organic matter (POM), and sea and river
sediments along the southwestern coast of Thailand. The δ13C values of land plants and POM in river water can be explained in terms of a greater influence of C3 plants than C4 plants in this area. The POM and sediments from the Trang River and Ko Talibong area showed systematically higher δ15N values than those from Ko Muk and other coastal areas. Organic matter in the Trang River might be influenced by nitrogen
released from agricultural or human waste, which could affect the isotopic composition of POM and sediments in the Trang River
estuary and along the coast near the river mouth. We used a stochastic method to estimate the contributions of four organic
end-members, identifiable by their δ13C and δ15N values. The results implied that seagrasses were a major source of sedimentary organic matter, contributing 42 ± 5% in the
Ko Muk area and 36 ± 5% in the Ko Talibong area. The contribution of coastal POM to sediments was estimated to be only 13%
in Ko Muk and 19% in Ko Talibong. Mangrove plants contributed approximately 23% in both areas. It was concluded that seagrasses
are an important source of sedimentary organic matter in this coastal region of southwestern Thailand.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
6.
Assessment of nitrogen loading from the Kiso-Sansen Rivers into Ise Bay using stable isotopes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Ryo Sugimoto Akihide Kasai Kouichi Fujita Kenichi Sakaguchi Tomomi Mizuno 《Journal of Oceanography》2011,67(2):231-240
Concentrations of particulate organic nitrogen (PN), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and their nitrogen isotope ratios
(δ
15N) in the Kiso-Sansen Rivers were determined from monthly observations over the course of a year to assess variations in the
form and sources of riverine nitrogen discharged into Ise Bay. The δ
15N values of NO3
− observed in the Kiso-Sansen Rivers showed a logarithmic decreasing trend from 8 to 0‰, which varied with the river discharge,
indicating mixing between point sources with high δ
15N and non-point sources with low δ
15N. The influence of isotope fractionation of in situ biogeochemical processes (mainly DIN assimilation by phytoplankton) on
δ
15N of NO3
− was negligible, because sufficient concentrations of NH4
+ for phytoplankton demand would inhibit the assimilation of NO3
−. A simple relationship between river discharge and δ
15N of NO3
− showed that the fraction of total NO3
− flux arising from point sources increased from 4.0–6.3% (1.1–1.8 tN day−1) during higher discharge (>600 m3 s−1) to 30.2–48.3% (2.6–4.1 tN day−1) during lower discharge (<300 m3 s−1). Riverine NO3
− discharge from the Kiso-Sansen Rivers can explain 75% of the variations in surface NO3
− at the head of Ise Bay over the year. 相似文献
7.
Masahito Shigemitsu Hisashi Narita Yutaka W. Watanabe Naomi Harada Shizuo Tsunogai 《Marine Chemistry》2007,106(3-4):442-455
A sediment core covering the last 145 kyrs was collected in the western subarctic Pacific (WSAP), and analyzed for Ba, U, Al, Sc, La, Yb, Th, biogenic opal (Opal) and organic carbon (Corg) as well as its isotopic ratio (δ13C). This study examined the change of past biological production in WSAP with multiple proxies, together with understanding the relation between Loess from the Asian continent and the biological production. The Loess content was estimated from the metal components, Al, Sc, La, Yb and Th. In this high latitude core (50°N), the Loess content was generally high during the glacial periods, but it was also high even in some interglacial periods. The excess amount of Ba relative to the detrital material composition, Baex, showed the best correlation with the Vostok δD (r = 0.72, p < 0.001), indicating that the biological production was lower in the glacial periods than in the interglacials. This corroborates the pervasive correlation between Baex in the polar region, WSAP and the Antarctic Sea, and Antarctic temperature, combined with previous research. This correlation might be explained by the stratification caused by cooling. In addition, the time variations of Baex in WSAP were similar to those of Baex in the Okhotsk Sea and of other proxies (Corg and Opal) in both the Okhotsk and the Bering Sea, indicating the spatial homogeneity of Baex in WSAP including proximal marginal seas. The Opal content was more weakly correlated with the Vostok δD (r = 0.46, p < 0.001) than Baex, reflecting that Opal in WSAP including proximal marginal seas was spatially heterogeneous compared to Baex. While both the Corg content and Uex, the excess amount of U relative to the detritus composition, were not positively correlated with the Vostok δD, they behaved similarly in the sediments. The positive correlation between δ13C and the Vostok δD (r = 0.42, p < 0.001), between δ13C and Baex (r = 0.60, p < 0.001) and between δ13C and Opal (r = 0.36, p < 0.01) indicates that δ13C in WSAP may give some information on the phytoplankton growth rate. There was not a significant correlation between the spatially homogeneous Baex in WSAP and Loess (r = − 0.16, p > 0.01), suggesting that the increase of biological production with the increase of Loess supply during the glacial periods did not occur. 相似文献
8.
Ikaite crystals (CaCO3×6H2O) have been found at 232- to 238-cm sediment depth in R/V Polarstern core PS2460-4 from the Laptev Sea continental margin in a water depth of 204 m. δ13C values of this phase average −36.3±0.4‰ PDB (N=2), which is significantly outside the range of normal marine carbonates. The CO2 involved in the precipitation of the ikaite is most probably derived from methane, which has extremely depleted 13C isotope values. Two possible sources of methane in these sediments are: (1) methanogenesis (decomposition of organic matter
under anaerobic conditions); and (2) gas hydrates, which are known to occur in the Siberian shelf regions.
Received: 20 March 1996 / Revision received: 22 July 1996 相似文献
9.
Bulk δ15N values in surface sediment samples off the southwestern coast of Africa were measured to investigate the biogeochemical
processes occurring in the water column. Nitrate concentrations and the degree of utilization of the nitrate pool are the
predominant controls on sedimentary δ15N in the Benguela Current region. Denitrification does not appear to have had an important effect on the δ15N signal of these sediments and, based on δ15N and δ13C, there is little terrestrial input.
Received: 9 May 1996 / Revision received: 27 May 1997 相似文献
10.
To examine the source and preservation of organic matter in the shelf sediments of the East China Sea (ECS), we measured bulk
C/N and isotopes, organic biomarkers (n-alkanes and fatty acids) and compound-specific (fatty acids) stable carbon isotope ratios in three sediment cores collected
from two sites near the Changjiang Estuary and one in the ECS shelf. Contrasting chemical and isotopic compositions of organic
matter were observed between the estuarine and shelf sediments. The concentrations of total n-alkanes and fatty acids in the shelf surface sediments (0–2 cm) were 5–10 times higher than those in estuarine surface sediments
but they all decreased rapidly to comparable levels below the surface layer. The compositions of n-alkanes in the estuarine sediments were dominated by C26-C33 long-chain n-alkanes with a strong odd-to-even carbon number predominance. In contrast, the composition of n-alkanes in the shelf sediment was dominated by nC15 to nC22 compounds. Long-chain (>C20) fatty acids (terrestrial biomarkers) accounted for a significantly higher fraction in the estuarine sediments compared to
that in the shelf sediment, while short-chain (<C20) saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were more abundant in the shelf surface sediments than in the estuarine sediments.
Stable carbon isotopic ratios of individual fatty acids showed a general positive shift from estuarine to shelf sediments,
consistent with the variations in bulk δ
13CTOCTOC. These contrasts between the estuarine and shelf sediments indicate that terrestrial organic matter was mainly deposited
within the Changjiang Estuary and inner shelf of ECS. Post-depositional diagenetic processes in the surface sediments rapidly
altered the chemical compositions and control the preservation of organic matter in the region. 相似文献
11.
To understand the processes transporting nitrate to the surface layer of the western and central equatorial Pacific, we measured
the nitrogen isotopic ratio of nitrate (δ
15NO
3
−
), which is a very useful tracer of the source of nitrate, above 200 m depth in this region in December 1999. δ
15NO
3
−
is higher (about 13.0‰) in the surface water than in the subsurface water (where it is about 6.5‰) due to isotopic fractionation
during nitrate uptake by phytoplankton. The δ
15NO
3
−
value has a roughly linear relationship with the natural logarithm of nitrate concentration (ln[NO
3
−
]). However, for values above 150 m depth, the intercept of this linear relationship varies with position from east to west.
On the other hand, the data at 200 m depth at all observation stations are concentrated around a single point (ln[NO
3
−
] = 2.5 and δ
15NO
3
−
= 6.5‰) and do not fit the linear relationships for the shallower values. To examine the meaning of the observed distributions
of δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration we developed a box model including nitrogen and nitrogen isotopic cycles. By reproducing the observed
relationship between δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration using this model we found that most nitrate is transported horizontally from the eastern equatorial
Pacific. We also conducted case studies and investigated the effects of differences in pathways of nitrate transport on the
distributions of δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration. From these studies we concluded that the observed linear relationships between δ
15NO
3
−
and ln[NO
3
−
], having a common slope around 6‰ but different intercepts at each station, are evidence of the significant horizontal transport
of nitrate to the surface water in this area. 相似文献
12.
An Ecosystem Model Including Nitrogen Isotopes: Perspectives on a Study of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle
We have developed an ecosystem model including two nitrogen isotopes (14N and 15N), and validated this model using an actual data set. A study of nitrogen isotopic ratios (δ15N) using a marine ecosystem model is thought to be most helpful in quantitatively understanding the marine nitrogen cycle.
Moreover, the model study may indicate a new potential of δ15N as a tracer. This model has six compartments: phytoplankton, zooplankton, particulate organic nitrogen, dissolved organic
nitrogen, nitrate and ammonium in a two-box model, and has biological processes with/without isotopic fractionation. We have
applied this model to the Sea of Okhotsk and successfully reproduced the δ15N of nitrate measured in seawater and the seasonal variations in δ15N of sinking particles obtained from sediment trap experiments. Simulated δ15N of phytoplankton are determined by δ 15N of nitrate and ammonium, and the nitrogen f-ratio, defined as the ratio of nitrate assimilation by phytoplankton to total nitrogenous nutrient assimilation. Detailed
considerations of biological processes in the spring and autumn blooms have demonstrated that there is a significant difference
between simulated δ15N values of phytoplankton, which assimilates only nitrate, and only ammonium, respectively. We suggest that observations of
δ 15N values of phytoplankton, nitrate and ammonium in the spring and autumn blooms may indicate the ratios of nutrient selectivity
by phytoplankton. In winter, most of the simulated biogeochemical fluxes decrease rapidly, but nitrification flux decreases
much more slowly than the other biogeochemical fluxes. Therefore, simulated δ15N values and concentrations of ammonium reflect almost only nitrification. We suggest that the nitrification rate can be parameterized
with observations of δ15N of ammonium in winter and a sensitive study varying the parameter of nitrification rate. 相似文献
13.
A time-series sediment trap was deployed at 1,034 m water depth in the eastern Bransfield Strait for a complete year from
December 25, 1998 to December 24, 1999. About 99% of total mass flux was trapped during an austral summer, showing distinct
seasonal variation. Biogenic particles (biogenic opal, particulate organic carbon, and calcium carbonate) account for about
two thirds of annual total mass flux (49.2 g m-2), among which biogenic opal flux is the most dominant (42% of the total flux). A positive relationship (except January) between
biogenic opal and total organic carbon fluxes suggests that these two variables were coupled, due to the surface-water production
(mainly diatoms). The relatively low δ13C values of settling particles result from effects on C-fixation processes at low temperature and the high CO2 availability to phytoplankton. The correspondingly low δ15N values are due to intense and steady input of nitrates into surface waters, reflecting an unlikely nitrate isotope fractionation
by degree of surface-water production. The δ15N and δ13C values of sinking particles increased from the beginning to the end of a presumed phytoplankton bloom, except for anomalous
δ15N values. Krill and the zooplankton fecal pellets, the most important carriers of sinking particles, may have contributed
gradually to the increasing δ13C values towards the unproductive period through the biomodification of the δ13C values in the food web, respiring preferentially and selectively12C atoms. Correspondingly, the increasing δ15N values in the intermediate-water trap are likely associated with a switch in source from diatom aggregates to some remains
of zooplankton, because organic matter dominated by diatom may be more liable and prone to remineralization, leading to greater
isotopic alteration. In particular, the tendency for abnormally high δ15N values in February seems to be enigmatic. A specific species dominancy during the production may be suggested as a possible
and speculative reason. 相似文献
14.
Masao Minagawa Mami Ohashi Toshikatsu Kuramoto Norihiro Noda 《Journal of Oceanography》2001,57(3):285-300
Nitrogen isotope compositions of particulate organic matter and nitrate were analyzed for seawater sampled at five stations at the Alaskan Gyre, Western Subarctic Gyre and East China Sea, focusing on the samples from the surface to 5000 m water to characterize the nitrogen cycling in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean and its marginal sea. The 15N of particulate organic matter showed little agreement with a conceptual closed model that interprets isotopic variation as being caused by isotope discrimination on nitrate utilization. The 15N and 13C of particulate organic matter varied with the water depth. A correlation between isotope compositions and C/N elemental ratio was found generally at all stations, although some irregular data were also found in deep layers. We developed a hypothetical nitrogen balance model based on N2 fixation and denitrification in seawater and attempted to apply it to distinguish nutrient cycling using both 15N-NO3
– and N* variation in seawater. This model was applied to the observed data set of 15N-NO3
– and N* in the North Pacific water and estimated the 15N-NO3
– of primordial nitrate in the North Pacific deep water as 4.8. The North Pacific intermediate water for all stations showed similar 15N-NO3
– and N* values of 6 and –3 µmol/kg, respectively, suggesting a similar nitrogen biogeochemistry. In the East China Sea, analysis showed evidence of water exchange with the North Pacific intermediate water but a significant influence of nitrogen from the river runoff was found in depths shallower than 400 m. 相似文献
15.
The stable nitrogen isotope ratio (δ
15N) in macroalgae is effectively used as a time-integrated bioindicator to record nitrogen sources for primary producers during
their growing periods in aquatic ecosystems. However, the utility of this tool is limited because the occurrence of these
organisms is often restricted in space and time. To investigate the potential of chemical composition in sedimentary organic
matter (SOM) as a proxy for time-integrated environmental conditions, nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) contents and their stable
isotope ratios (δ
15N and δ
13C) were determined, and systematically cross-checked against corresponding values in macroalgae at the Shiraho fringing reef
in Okinawa, Japan. Preliminary trials showed that δ
15N in SOM processed by the “wash-out method” for δ
13C analysis yielded similar δ
15N values to the bulk sediment, despite the loss of some SOM during the process. The amounts of organic matter and the ratio
of the HCl-insoluble portion were variable within the reef, probably reflecting local vegetation and subsequent decomposition.
The distribution of δ
15N and δ
13C in SOM showed similar trends to those of macroalgae, with mostly constant differences of 1.4‰ and −6.7‰, respectively. These
differences throughout the reef appeared to be explained in terms of mixed contributions from macrophyte and epibenthic microalgae
growing in different seasons and years, with their debris undergoing diagenetic alteration. Therefore, macroalgae and SOM
δ-values can be used in a complementary manner, over various time scales, as indicators of the integrated effect of dissolved
inorganic nitrogen (DIN) sources on coral reef ecosystems. 相似文献
16.
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (13C and 15N) of surface sediments were measured within Osaka Bay, in the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, in order to better understand the sedimentation processes operating on both terrestrial and marine organic matter in the Bay. The 13C and 15N of surface sediments in the estuary of the Yodo River were less than –23 and 5 respectively, but increased in the area up to about 10 km from the river mouth. At greater distances they became constant (giving 13C of about –20 and 15N about 6). It can be concluded that large amounts of terrestrial organic matter exist near the mouth of the Yodo River. Stable isotope ratios in the estuary of the Yodo River within 10 km of the river mouth were useful indicators allowing study of the movement of terrestrial organic matter. Deposition rates for total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) over the whole of the Bay were estimated to be 63,100 ton C/year and 7,590 ton N/year, respectively. The deposition rate of terrestrial organic carbon was estimated to be 13,200 (range 2,000–21,500) ton C/year for the whole of Osaka Bay, and terrestrial organic carbon was estimated to be about 21% (range 3–34) of the TOC deposition rate. The ratio of the deposition rate of terrestrial organic carbon to the rate inflow of riverine TOC and particulate organic carbon (POC) were estimated to be 19% (range 3–31) and 76% (range 12–100), respectively. 相似文献
17.
《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2001,48(3):789-810
Relationships between organic carbon, total nitrogen and organic nitrogen concentrations and variations in δ13Corg and δ15Norg are examined in surface sediments from the eastern central Arctic Ocean and the Yermak Plateau. Removing the organic matter from samples with KOBr/KOH and determining residual as well as total N shows that there is a significant amount of bound inorganic N in the samples, which causes TOC/Ntotal ratios to be low (4–10 depending on the organic content). TOC/Norg ratios are significantly higher (8–16). This correction of organic TOC/N ratios for the presence of soil-derived bound ammonium is especially important in samples with high illite concentrations, the clay mineral mainly responsible for ammonium adsorption. The isotopic composition of the organic N fraction was estimated by determining the isotopic composition of the total and inorganic nitrogen fractions and assuming mass-balance. A strong correlation between δ15Norg values of the sediments and the nitrate concentration of surface waters indicates different relative nitrate utilization rates of the phytoplankton in various regions of the Arctic Ocean. On the Yermak Plateau, low δ15Norg values correspond to high nitrate concentrations, whereas in the central Arctic Ocean high δ15Norg values are found beneath low nitrate waters. Sediment δ13Corg values are close to −23.0‰ in the Yermak Plateau region and approximately −21.4‰ in the central Arctic Ocean. Particulate organic matter collected from meltwater ponds and ice-cores are relatively enriched in 13C (δ13Corg=−15.3 to −20.6‰) most likely due to low CO2(aq) concentrations in these environments. A maximum terrestrial contribution of 30% of the organic matter to sediments in the central Arctic Ocean is derived, based on the carbon isotope data and various assumptions about the isotopic composition of the potential endmembers. 相似文献
18.
Hydrocarbon gases in sediments and mud breccia from the central and eastern part of the Mediterranean Ridge 总被引:3,自引:3,他引:0
Microbiologically produced hydrocarbon gases (HCGs) in normal pelagic sediments have lithologically controlled distribution
– their content increases sharply in organic-rich sapropels. Generally, the HCG content is low (<10000 nl/l), The amount of
heavy HCGs is high (up to 60%, unsaturated HCGs dominate the saturated ones, and ethylene is prevalent. The same features
were found in sediment and mud breccia from inactive mud volcanoes. Thermogenic HCG was determined in active mud volcanoes
and in a high salinity fluid vent. They are characterized by: high methane concentration, δ13C(CH4) =−37.1 to −57.8%, essential ethane contents (2–7%), absence of unsaturated HCG, and the prevalence of iso-over n-butane. 相似文献
19.
Naomi Harada Nobuhiko Handa Tadamichi Oba Hiromi Matsuoka Katsunori Kimoto Masashi Kusakabe 《Journal of Oceanography》1997,53(1):1-7
The ages of fossil planktonic foraminifera,Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, in sediments (core 3bPC) from the western North Pacific were determined by aspartic acid chronology, which uses the racemization
reaction rate constant of aspartic acid (kAsp). Aspartic acid racemization-based ages (Asp ages) ranged from 7,600 yrBP at the surface, to 307,000 yrBP at a depth of 352.9
cm in the sediments. This sediment core was also dated by the glacial-interglacial fluctuation of δ18O chronology, and the ages determined by both chronologies were compared. The ages derived from aspartic acid chronology and
δ18O stratigraphy were more or less consistent, but there appeared to be some differences in age estimates between these two
dating methods at some depths within the core. In the core top sediments, the likely cause for the age discrepancy could be
the loss of the surface sediment during sampling of the core. At depths of 66.3 and 139 cm within the core, Asp ages indicated
reduced sedimentation rates duringca. 60,000-80,000 yrBP andca. 140,000–190,000 yrBP. The maximum age differences in both chronologies are 33,000 yr and 46,600 yr during each of these periods.
These anomalous reductions in sedimentation rates occurring during these periods could possibly be related to some geological
events, such as an increased dissolution effect of the calcium carbonate in the western North Pacific. Another possible reason
for these age differences could be the unreliability in δ18O ages of core 3bPC as they were estimated by δ18O ages of another core, 3aPC. 相似文献
20.
Cédric Magen Gwénaëlle Chaillou Sean A. Crowe Alfonso Mucci Bjørn Sundby Aiguo Gao Ryosuke Makabe Hiroshi Sasaki 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2010
To establish the relative importance of terrigenous and marine organic matter in the southern Beaufort Sea, we measured the concentrations and the stable isotopic compositions of organic carbon and total nitrogen in sediments and in settling particles intercepted by sediment traps. The organic carbon content of surface sediment in the Chukchi and southern Beaufort Seas ranged from 0.6 to 1.6% dry wt., without a clear geographical pattern. The CORG:NTOT ratio ranged from 7.0 to 10.4 and did not vary significantly downcore at any one station. Values of δ13CORG and δ15NTOT in the sediment samples were strongly correlated, with the highest values, indicative of a more marine contribution, in the Amundsen Gulf. In contrast, the organic matter content, elemental (CORG:NTOT ratio) and isotopic (δ13CORG and δ15NTOT) composition of the settling particles was different from and much more variable than in the bottom sediments. The isotopic signature of organic matter in the Beaufort Sea is well constrained by three distinct end-members: a labile marine component produced in situ by planktonic organisms, a refractory marine component, the end product of respiration and diagenesis, and a refractory terrigenous component. A three-component mixing model explains the scatter observed in the stable isotope signatures of the sediment trap samples and accommodates an apparent two-component mixing model of the organic matter in sediments. The suspended matter in the water column contains organic matter varying from essentially labile and marine to mostly refractory and terrigenous. As it settles through the water column, the labile marine organic matter is degraded, and its original stable isotope signature changes towards the signature of the marine refractory component. This process continues in the bottom sediment with the result that the sedimentary organic matter becomes dominated by the refractory terrigenous and marine components. 相似文献