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Table T34. n-Alkanoic acid data obtained from core samples, Hole C0020A.

Core, section,
interval
Depth CSF-B (m) Lithology Conc. C14 to C32
n-alkanoic acids
(µg/g sed)
Conc. C16 + C18
n-alkanoic acids
(µg/g sed)
Conc. C15 + C16
methyl-alkanoic acids
(µg/g sed)
CPI-n-acids
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2R-2, 93.5–94 1288.3 1288.3 Coal clast 25 0.02 0.01 9
15R-2, 0–17 1920.4 1920.6 Coal 532 18 13 8
18R-1, 105–115 1946.6 1946.7 Coal 260 6 4 8
24R-3, 55–65 1993.8 1993.9 Coal 53 0.75 1 8
25R-3, 120–141 1999 1999.2 Coal 7 0.10 0.04 5
25R-4, 0–15 1999.2 1999.4 Coal 5 0.19 0.03 3
2R-4, 4–5.5 1289.6 1289.7 Siltstone (rippled)
14R-2, 105–120 1822.5 1822.6 Siltstone
15R-5, 0–21 1923.6 1923.8 Siltstone 35 0.30 0.10 9
19R-1, 115–141 1951.2 1951.4 Siltstone 44 0.29 0.15 5
28R-3, 0–24 2302.8 2303.1 Siltstone
3R-3, 60–77 1372.6 1372.8 Mudstone
7R-1, 53–65 1599.5 1599.7 Mudstone
9R-4, 0–20 1628.4 1628.6 Mudstone        
10R-2, 53–70 1631.4 1631.6 Mudstone 1 0.02 8
11R-5, 58–75 1743.1 1743.3 Mudstone
12R-7, 15–30 1754.7 1754.8 Mudstone
23R-8, 0–15 1989.5 1989.6 Mudstone
26R-2, 0–9 2111.4 2111.5 Shale 2 0.22 0.33 2

CPI = carbon preference index. CPI-n-alkanoic acids = [24:0 + 26:0 + 28:0 + 30:0 + 32:0]/[23:0 + 25:0 + 27:0 + 29:0 + 31:0] and CPI n-alkanes = 2 × ([C25 + C27 + C29 + C31+ C33]/[C24 + C26 + C28 + C30 + C32]) + ([C25 + C27 + C29 + C31+ C33]/[C26 + C28 + C30 + C32 +C34]).

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