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Table T2. Contribution of bound nitrogen (Nbound) estimated from TOC/TN regressions for Sites U1319–U1324. (See table notes.)

Hole TOC
(wt%)
TN
(wt%)
y-intercept Nbound
(wt%)
U1319A 0.16 0.21 0.22 103
1.90 0.26 0.22 83
U1320A 0.03 0.10 0.13 131
1.99 0.19 0.13 70
U1322B, U1322C, and U1322D 0.26 0.18 0.15 85
1.26 0.18 0.15 83
0.47 0.06 0.047 79
1.64 0.08 0.047 56
U1324B and U1322C 0.22 0.10 0.048 48
2.24 0.53 0.048 9

Notes: Nbound contribution to total nitrogen (TN) content estimated across measured range of total organic carbon (TOC) observed within each site according to (y-intercept/TN) × 100. Estimates >100% reflect uncertainties in the regression (see correlation coefficients in Fig. F2).

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