Data report: isotope compositions of sedimentary organic carbon and total nitrogen from Brazos-Trinity Basin IV (Sites U1319 and U1320) and Ursa Basin (Sites U1322 and U1324), deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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Chapter contents Abstract Introduction Methods and materials Results Organic carbon, total nitrogen, and C/N ratios Comparison of C/N with organic carbon and total nitrogen isotopic compositions Acknowledgments References Figures F1. TOC, TN, and isotopic composition. F2. TOC and TN regressions. F3. Comparison of C/N to carbon isotopes. F4. Comparison of C/N to nitrogen isotopes. Tables T1. C and N isotopic compositions. T2. Contribution of N. PDF file			Previous \| Next doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.308.208.2008 References Altabet, M.A., and Francois, R., 1994. Sedimentary nitrogen isotopic ratio as a recorder for surface ocean nitrate utilization. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 8(1):103–116. doi:10.1029/93GB03396 Bouloubassi, I., Rullkötter, J., and Meyers, P.A., 1999. Origin and transformation of organic matter in Pliocene–Pleistocene Mediterranean sapropels: organic geochemical evidence reviewed. Mar. Geol., 153(1–4):177–197. doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00082-6 Emerson, S., and Hedges, J.I., 1988. Processes controlling the organic carbon content of open ocean sediments. Paleoceanography, 3(5):621–634. doi:10.1029/PA003i005p00621 Jasper, J.P., and Gagosian, R.B., 1990. The sources and deposition of organic matter in the late Quaternary Pigmy Basin, Gulf of Mexico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 54(4):1117–1132. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(90)90443-O Macko, S.A., Entzeroth, L., and Parker, P.L., 1984. Regional differences in nitrogen and carbon isotopes on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. Naturwissenschaften, 71(7):374–375. doi:10.1007/BF00410746 Meyers, P.A., 1997. Organic geochemical proxies of paleoceanographic, paleolimnologic, and paleoclimatic processes. Org. Geochem., 27(5–6):213–250. doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00049-1 Newman, J.W., Parker, P.L., and Behrens, E.W., 1973. Organic carbon isotope ratios in Quaternary cores from the Gulf of Mexico. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 37(2):225–238. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(73)90130-0 Pimmel, A., and Claypool, G., 2001. Introduction to shipboard organic geochemistry on the JOIDES Resolution. ODP Tech. Note, 30. doi:10.2973/odp.tn.30.2001 Schubert, C.J., and Calvert, S.E., 2001. Nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of marine and terrestrial organic matter in Arctic Ocean sediments: implications for nutrient utilization and organic matter composition. Deep-Sea Res., Part I, 48(3):789–810. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00069-8 Winker, C.D., and Booth, J.R., 2000. Sedimentary dynamics of the salt-dominated continental slope, Gulf of Mexico: integration of observations from the seafloor, near-surface, and deep subsurface. Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World: Proc. GCSSEPM 20th Annu. Res. Conf., 1059–1086. Top of page \| Previous \| Next

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