Organic carbon, freely extractable lipids and ketone recovery of ODP Leg 199 sediments

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Main Authors: Lyle, Mitchell W, Prahl, Frederick G, Sparrow, Margaret A
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Published: PANGAEA 2006
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author Lyle, Mitchell W
Prahl, Frederick G
Sparrow, Margaret A
author_facet Lyle, Mitchell W
Prahl, Frederick G
Sparrow, Margaret A
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Six samples from Sites 1219 and 1221 ranging in age from early Eocene to early Oligocene were analyzed for freely extractable lipids to determine whether the low organic carbon (Corg) sediments of the Eocene equatorial Pacific (Corg content typically 0.03%) are appropriate for biomarker studies. Only one sample from the Oligocene equatorial Pacific (Sample 199-1219A-13H-3, 50-54 cm) contained any biomarkers of interest to paleoceanography. The only lipids identified in the remaining samples appear to be contaminants from drilling or subsequent handling. Sample 199-1219A-13H-3, 50-54 cm, contained alkenone biomarkers specific to haptophyte algae that are used for estimating past mean annual sea-surface temperature (maSST). If the Holocene calibration of maSST is appropriate for the Oligocene, the estimated equatorial temperature is >=28.3°C, or at least 3°C warmer than modern equatorial maSST at a similar longitude.
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spellingShingle Organic carbon, freely extractable lipids and ketone recovery of ODP Leg 199 sediments
Lyle, Mitchell W
Prahl, Frederick G
Sparrow, Margaret A
199-1219A; 199-1221C; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg199; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
Six samples from Sites 1219 and 1221 ranging in age from early Eocene to early Oligocene were analyzed for freely extractable lipids to determine whether the low organic carbon (Corg) sediments of the Eocene equatorial Pacific (Corg content typically 0.03%) are appropriate for biomarker studies. Only one sample from the Oligocene equatorial Pacific (Sample 199-1219A-13H-3, 50-54 cm) contained any biomarkers of interest to paleoceanography. The only lipids identified in the remaining samples appear to be contaminants from drilling or subsequent handling. Sample 199-1219A-13H-3, 50-54 cm, contained alkenone biomarkers specific to haptophyte algae that are used for estimating past mean annual sea-surface temperature (maSST). If the Holocene calibration of maSST is appropriate for the Oligocene, the estimated equatorial temperature is >=28.3°C, or at least 3°C warmer than modern equatorial maSST at a similar longitude.
title Organic carbon, freely extractable lipids and ketone recovery of ODP Leg 199 sediments
topic 199-1219A; 199-1221C; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg199; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777323