CN of diatom-bound organic matter in surface sediments

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Auteurs principaux: Sigman, Daniel M, Altabet, Mark A, Francois, Roger, McCorkle, Daniel C, Gaillard, Jean-Francois
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author Sigman, Daniel M
Altabet, Mark A
Francois, Roger
McCorkle, Daniel C
Gaillard, Jean-Francois
author_facet Sigman, Daniel M
Altabet, Mark A
Francois, Roger
McCorkle, Daniel C
Gaillard, Jean-Francois
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Treatment of diatom microfossils from Southern Ocean sediments with hot perchloric acid leaves a "diatom-bound" N fraction which is 0-4 per mil lower in d15N than the bulk sediment, typically 3 per mil lower in recent Antarctic diatom ooze. Results from Southern Ocean surface sediments indicate that early diagenetic changes in bulk sediment N content and d15N are not reflected in diatom-bound N, suggesting that diatom-bound N is physically protected from early diagenesis by the microfossil matrix. A meridional transect of multicores from the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean shows a northward increase in the d15N of diatom-bound N, suggesting that diatom-bound d15N, like bulk sedimentary d15N, varies with nitrate utilization in the overlying surface waters. The d15N of diatom-bound N is 3-4 per mil higher in glacial age Antarctic sediments than in Holocene sediments, supporting the hypothesis, previously based on bulk sediment d15N, that nitrate utilization in the surface Antarctic was higher during the last ice age. While there are important uncertainties, the inferred range of utilization changes could potentially explain the entire ~80 ppm amplitude of observed glacial/interglacial variations in atmospheric CO2.
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spellingShingle CN of diatom-bound organic matter in surface sediments
Sigman, Daniel M
Altabet, Mark A
Francois, Roger
McCorkle, Daniel C
Gaillard, Jean-Francois
09070100; ANTARES-I_KBE3; ANTARES-I_KTB11; ANTARES-I_KTB13; ANTARES-I_KTB16; ANTARES-I_KTB19; ANTARES-I_KTB21; ANTARES-I_KTB5; ANTARES-I_KTB6; ANTARES-I,35MF75_1; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Marion Dufresne (1972); MD75; MUC; MultiCorer; Nathaniel B. Palmer; NBP9604; NBP9604-02-2; Southern Ocean
Treatment of diatom microfossils from Southern Ocean sediments with hot perchloric acid leaves a "diatom-bound" N fraction which is 0-4 per mil lower in d15N than the bulk sediment, typically 3 per mil lower in recent Antarctic diatom ooze. Results from Southern Ocean surface sediments indicate that early diagenetic changes in bulk sediment N content and d15N are not reflected in diatom-bound N, suggesting that diatom-bound N is physically protected from early diagenesis by the microfossil matrix. A meridional transect of multicores from the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean shows a northward increase in the d15N of diatom-bound N, suggesting that diatom-bound d15N, like bulk sedimentary d15N, varies with nitrate utilization in the overlying surface waters. The d15N of diatom-bound N is 3-4 per mil higher in glacial age Antarctic sediments than in Holocene sediments, supporting the hypothesis, previously based on bulk sediment d15N, that nitrate utilization in the surface Antarctic was higher during the last ice age. While there are important uncertainties, the inferred range of utilization changes could potentially explain the entire ~80 ppm amplitude of observed glacial/interglacial variations in atmospheric CO2.
title CN of diatom-bound organic matter in surface sediments
topic 09070100; ANTARES-I_KBE3; ANTARES-I_KTB11; ANTARES-I_KTB13; ANTARES-I_KTB16; ANTARES-I_KTB19; ANTARES-I_KTB21; ANTARES-I_KTB5; ANTARES-I_KTB6; ANTARES-I,35MF75_1; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Marion Dufresne (1972); MD75; MUC; MultiCorer; Nathaniel B. Palmer; NBP9604; NBP9604-02-2; Southern Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.856899