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Main Authors: McDonald, Thomas J, Kennicutt, Mahlon C, Rafalska, Janina K, Fox, Richard G
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 1991
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758521
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author McDonald, Thomas J
Kennicutt, Mahlon C
Rafalska, Janina K
Fox, Richard G
author_facet McDonald, Thomas J
Kennicutt, Mahlon C
Rafalska, Janina K
Fox, Richard G
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Organic matter in Miocene glacial sediments in Hole 739C on the Antarctic Shelf represents erosional recycled continental material. Various indications of maturity in bulk organic matter, kerogens, and extracts imply that an exposed section of mature organic carbon-rich material was present during the Miocene. Based on biomarker, n-alkane, and kerogen analysis, a massive diamictite of early Eocene/Oligocene age at Hole 739C contains immature organic matter. Visual and pyrolysis analyses of the kerogens suggest a predominance of terrestrial organic matter in all samples from Hole 739C. A reversal of thermal maturities, i.e., more-mature overlying less-mature sections, may be related to redeposition generated from glacial erosion. Siliciclastic fluviatile sediments of Lower Cretaceous age from Hole 741A were analyzed. The organic matter from this hole contains immature aliphatic and aromatic biomarkers as well as a suite of odd carbon number-dominated nalkanes. Visual examination and pyrolysis analysis of the kerogen suggests that predominantly immature terrestrial organic matter is present at Hole 741A. The similarities between Hole 739C Unit V and Hole 741A suggest that the source of the organic matter in the glacial sediments in Unit V at Hole 739C could be Cretaceous in age and similar to sediments sampled at Hole 741A in Prydz Bay.
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spellingShingle Chemistry of organic matter of glacial and Cretaceous sediments from the Prydz Bay
McDonald, Thomas J
Kennicutt, Mahlon C
Rafalska, Janina K
Fox, Richard G
119-739C; 119-741A; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg119; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Prydz Bay
Organic matter in Miocene glacial sediments in Hole 739C on the Antarctic Shelf represents erosional recycled continental material. Various indications of maturity in bulk organic matter, kerogens, and extracts imply that an exposed section of mature organic carbon-rich material was present during the Miocene. Based on biomarker, n-alkane, and kerogen analysis, a massive diamictite of early Eocene/Oligocene age at Hole 739C contains immature organic matter. Visual and pyrolysis analyses of the kerogens suggest a predominance of terrestrial organic matter in all samples from Hole 739C. A reversal of thermal maturities, i.e., more-mature overlying less-mature sections, may be related to redeposition generated from glacial erosion. Siliciclastic fluviatile sediments of Lower Cretaceous age from Hole 741A were analyzed. The organic matter from this hole contains immature aliphatic and aromatic biomarkers as well as a suite of odd carbon number-dominated nalkanes. Visual examination and pyrolysis analysis of the kerogen suggests that predominantly immature terrestrial organic matter is present at Hole 741A. The similarities between Hole 739C Unit V and Hole 741A suggest that the source of the organic matter in the glacial sediments in Unit V at Hole 739C could be Cretaceous in age and similar to sediments sampled at Hole 741A in Prydz Bay.
title Chemistry of organic matter of glacial and Cretaceous sediments from the Prydz Bay
topic 119-739C; 119-741A; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg119; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Prydz Bay
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758521