n-Alkanes and lignin in bottom sediments of the West European Basin (area of the battleship Bismark wreck site)

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Auteurs principaux: Peresypkin, Valery I, Romankevich, Evgeny A, Belyaev, Nikolay A
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author Peresypkin, Valery I
Romankevich, Evgeny A
Belyaev, Nikolay A
author_facet Peresypkin, Valery I
Romankevich, Evgeny A
Belyaev, Nikolay A
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Three bottom sediment cores were collected from the top, slope, and foot of a small topographic high located near the West European continental rise within the Porcupine abyssal plain at the battleship Bismark wreck site. Using high-efficient gas chromatography technique we determined content and examined molecular composition of n-alkane fraction of hydrocarbons and phenol compounds of lignin. n-Alkane and phenol concentrations in bottom sediments of all three cores were low both in values per unit mass of sediments and in organic matter composition that is typical for pelagic deposits of the World Ocean. They vary from 0.07 to 2.01 µg/g of dry sediment and from 0.0001 to 0.01% of TOC; phenol ranges are from 1.43 to 11.1 µg/g and from 0.03 to 0.6%. Non-uniform supply of terrigenous matter to the bottom under conditions of changes in sedimentation environment in different geological epochs is the principal reason for significant variations in n-alkane and lignin concentrations with depth in the cores. Lignin and its derivatives make the main contribution to formation of organic matter composition of the region in study. With respect to n-alkane and lignin concentrations organic matter of deposits of the West European Basin is composed of remains of higher plants and of autochtonous organic matter of marine flora; they have mixed terrigenous-autochtonous (terrigenous-planktonogenic) origin.
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spellingShingle n-Alkanes and lignin in bottom sediments of the West European Basin (area of the battleship Bismark wreck site)
Peresypkin, Valery I
Romankevich, Evgeny A
Belyaev, Nikolay A
Akademik Mstislav Keldysh; AMK46; AMK46-4146; AMK46-4152; AMK46-4153; Archive of Ocean Data; ARCOD; Northeast Atlantic
Three bottom sediment cores were collected from the top, slope, and foot of a small topographic high located near the West European continental rise within the Porcupine abyssal plain at the battleship Bismark wreck site. Using high-efficient gas chromatography technique we determined content and examined molecular composition of n-alkane fraction of hydrocarbons and phenol compounds of lignin. n-Alkane and phenol concentrations in bottom sediments of all three cores were low both in values per unit mass of sediments and in organic matter composition that is typical for pelagic deposits of the World Ocean. They vary from 0.07 to 2.01 µg/g of dry sediment and from 0.0001 to 0.01% of TOC; phenol ranges are from 1.43 to 11.1 µg/g and from 0.03 to 0.6%. Non-uniform supply of terrigenous matter to the bottom under conditions of changes in sedimentation environment in different geological epochs is the principal reason for significant variations in n-alkane and lignin concentrations with depth in the cores. Lignin and its derivatives make the main contribution to formation of organic matter composition of the region in study. With respect to n-alkane and lignin concentrations organic matter of deposits of the West European Basin is composed of remains of higher plants and of autochtonous organic matter of marine flora; they have mixed terrigenous-autochtonous (terrigenous-planktonogenic) origin.
title n-Alkanes and lignin in bottom sediments of the West European Basin (area of the battleship Bismark wreck site)
topic Akademik Mstislav Keldysh; AMK46; AMK46-4146; AMK46-4152; AMK46-4153; Archive of Ocean Data; ARCOD; Northeast Atlantic
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762352