Publication Date:
2024-04-27
Description:
Sediments and rocks recovered in CRP-3 coring operations contain minute amounts of organic matter (average 0.3% TOC). TOC contents and C:N ratios are zoned systematically: those rocks encountered at depths greater than 330 meters below sea floor (mbsf) contain less organic matter and have higher TOC:N ratios (after correcting for inorganic N) than do shallower rocks. The only two samples that have TOC values greater than 1% also contain abundant granule to silt-sized particles of coal. The total sulphur contents of these rocks is very low and indicates either that only small amounts of deposited organic matter were labile, or that no source of reactive iron was present during diagenesis.
Keywords:
Cape Roberts Project; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon, organic, total, standard deviation; Carbon, total; Carbon, total, standard deviation; Core wireline system; CRP; CRP-3; CWS; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Element analyser CHNS-O, Carlo Erba EA1108; Nitrogen, standard deviation; Nitrogen, total; Ross Sea; Sampling/drilling from ice; Sulfur, standard deviation; Sulfur, total
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 638 data points
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