Publication Date:
2022-05-25
Description:
© The Author(s), 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Geophysical Research Letters 45 (2018): 8425-8434, doi:10.1029/2018GL078904.
Description:
Compound‐specific radiocarbon analysis was performed on different grain‐size fractions of surficial sediments to examine and compare lateral transport times (LTTs) of organic carbon. 14C aging of long‐chain leaf wax fatty acids along two dispersal pathways of fluvially derived material on adjacent continental margins implies LTTs over distances of ~30 to 500 km that range from hundreds to thousands of years. The magnitude of aging differs among grain size fractions. Our finding suggests that LTTs vary both temporally and spatially as a function of the specific properties of different continental shelf settings. Observations suggest that 14C aging is widespread during lateral transport over continental shelves, with hydrodynamic particle sorting inducing age variations among organic components residing in different grain sizes. Consideration of these phenomena is of importance for understanding carbon cycle processes and interpretation on sedimentary records on continental margins.
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National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant Numbers: 41520104009, 41521064;
MOE;
JSPS Grant Numbers: A‐1003, 2‐1304, B‐0904, B‐0903, 22310014, 23651021, 25550020;
NIES;
SNSF Grant Number: 200021_140850
Keywords:
Radiocarbon
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Lateral particle transport time
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Organic carbon aging
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Continental shelf sediments
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Grain size fractions
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Article
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