Publication Date:
2024-02-12
Description:
Lipid compositions of sediments recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 184 in the South China Sea have been identified and quantified. The identified lipids can be ascribed to terrigenous and marine sources. Terrigenous lipids are mainly C27, C29, C31 n-alkanes, C26, C28, C30 n-fatty acids, and n-alcohols, which were derived from leaf waxes of higher land plants and transported to the sea by airborne dust or fresh water. Marine lipids, mainly C37 and C38 alkenones, C30 diol, and C30 and C32 keto-ols, were from microalgae, notably haptophytes and eustigmatophytes. Elevated concentrations and accumulation rates of both terrigenous and marine lipids in the interval 202-245 meters composite depth (mcd) and 0-166 mcd were postulated to be related to the development of the East Asian monsoon at 6-8 Ma and enhanced variations of the developed East Asian monsoon after 3.2 Ma, respectively. The pronounced late Oligocene input of terrigenous lipids reflects the paleoenvironment of a newly opened, narrow basin, with restricted ocean waters and the proximity of continental runoff.
Keywords:
184-1147; 184-1148; Alkenone, C37:2Me; Alkenone, C37:3Me; Alkenone, C38:2Et; Alkenone, C38:2Me; C30 diol; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Depth, composite; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Event label; Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); Joides Resolution; Keto-ol, C30 per unit sediment mass; Keto-ol, C32 per unit sediment mass; Leg184; Long-chain fatty acids C26+C28+C30 per unit sediment mass; n-Alkane C27+C29+C31 per unit sediment mass; n-Alkanol long chain alcohols C26+C28+C30 per unit sediment mass; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; South China Sea
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 3684 data points
