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author Stein, Ruediger
Frederichs, Thomas
Fahl, Kirsten
Geibert, Walter
Matthiessen, Jens
Niessen, Frank
Vogt, Christoph
Sassenroth, Cynthia
Bazhenova, Evgenia A
author_facet Stein, Ruediger
Frederichs, Thomas
Fahl, Kirsten
Geibert, Walter
Matthiessen, Jens
Niessen, Frank
Vogt, Christoph
Sassenroth, Cynthia
Bazhenova, Evgenia A
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Sediment Core PS115/2-2 was recovered from the Amundsen Basin in 3600 m water depth at the eastern flank of the Gakkel Ridge during Polarstern Expedition PS115/2 in 2018 (Stein, 2019). The well-dated core is used to reconstruct in detail the interrelationship between ice-sheet dynamics and organic carbon burial in the central Eurasian Basin during the last 430 kyr, and to correlate marine and terrestrial records of the Eurasian Ice Sheet (EIS) history. Using organic-geochemical bulk parameters (i.e., TOC, C/N ratios, Rock Eval) and biomarkers, we have identified prominent well-defined sections with strongly elevated concentration of ancient (petrogenic) predominantly terrestrial OC, coinciding with glacial time intervals of extended ice sheets and the subsequent terminations/deglacials. Rock-Eval pyrolysis was performed on bulk ground sediment samples using a Rock-Eval 6 analyzer (cf., Lafarque et al., 1998) to determine (1) the amount of hydrocarbons (HC) present (S1 peak) and generated by pyrolytic degradation of the OC during heating up to 650°C (S2 peak), (2) the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated from the decomposing OC during heating up to 390 °C (S3 peak), and (3) the temperature of maximum pyrolysis yield (Tmax value in °C). The HC and CO2 yields were normalized to OC and expressed as hydrogen index (HI) in mgHC/gOC and oxygen index (OI) in mgCO2/gOC, respectively, and may give information about the composition of the organic matter. Tmax values may give further information about the composition as well as the maturity of the organic matter. For details and methods, we refer to Stein et al. (this paper).
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spellingShingle Rock eval analysis of sediment core PS115/2_2
Stein, Ruediger
Frederichs, Thomas
Fahl, Kirsten
Geibert, Walter
Matthiessen, Jens
Niessen, Frank
Vogt, Christoph
Sassenroth, Cynthia
Bazhenova, Evgenia A
AGE; Arctic Ocean; BC; Box corer; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon dioxide yield, S3, per unit sediment mass; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Element analyser CHN, Heraeus; Eurasian Ice Sheet History; Event label; Giant box corer; GKG; Hydrocarbon yield, S1, per unit sediment mass; Hydrocarbon yield, S2, per unit sediment mass; Hydrogen index, mass HC, per unit mass total organic carbon; Late Pleistocene; Organic carbon (OC) burial; Oxygen index, mass CO2, per unit mass total organic carbon; Polarstern; PS115/2; PS115/2_2-1; PS115/2_2-2; Pyrolysis temperature maximum; Pyrolysis temperature peak; Rock eval pyrolysis
Sediment Core PS115/2-2 was recovered from the Amundsen Basin in 3600 m water depth at the eastern flank of the Gakkel Ridge during Polarstern Expedition PS115/2 in 2018 (Stein, 2019). The well-dated core is used to reconstruct in detail the interrelationship between ice-sheet dynamics and organic carbon burial in the central Eurasian Basin during the last 430 kyr, and to correlate marine and terrestrial records of the Eurasian Ice Sheet (EIS) history. Using organic-geochemical bulk parameters (i.e., TOC, C/N ratios, Rock Eval) and biomarkers, we have identified prominent well-defined sections with strongly elevated concentration of ancient (petrogenic) predominantly terrestrial OC, coinciding with glacial time intervals of extended ice sheets and the subsequent terminations/deglacials. Rock-Eval pyrolysis was performed on bulk ground sediment samples using a Rock-Eval 6 analyzer (cf., Lafarque et al., 1998) to determine (1) the amount of hydrocarbons (HC) present (S1 peak) and generated by pyrolytic degradation of the OC during heating up to 650°C (S2 peak), (2) the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated from the decomposing OC during heating up to 390 °C (S3 peak), and (3) the temperature of maximum pyrolysis yield (Tmax value in °C). The HC and CO2 yields were normalized to OC and expressed as hydrogen index (HI) in mgHC/gOC and oxygen index (OI) in mgCO2/gOC, respectively, and may give information about the composition of the organic matter. Tmax values may give further information about the composition as well as the maturity of the organic matter. For details and methods, we refer to Stein et al. (this paper).
title Rock eval analysis of sediment core PS115/2_2
topic AGE; Arctic Ocean; BC; Box corer; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon dioxide yield, S3, per unit sediment mass; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Element analyser CHN, Heraeus; Eurasian Ice Sheet History; Event label; Giant box corer; GKG; Hydrocarbon yield, S1, per unit sediment mass; Hydrocarbon yield, S2, per unit sediment mass; Hydrogen index, mass HC, per unit mass total organic carbon; Late Pleistocene; Organic carbon (OC) burial; Oxygen index, mass CO2, per unit mass total organic carbon; Polarstern; PS115/2; PS115/2_2-1; PS115/2_2-2; Pyrolysis temperature maximum; Pyrolysis temperature peak; Rock eval pyrolysis
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.975989