Sedimentation rate, dilution, preservation and total organic carbon: some results of a modelling study

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作者
Tyson, RV [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Newcastle Upon Tyne, Fossil Fuels & Environm Geochem Postgrad Inst, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England
关键词
TOC; sedimentation rate; burial efficiency; anoxia;
D O I
10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00161-3
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
A modelling exercise was undertaken to evaluate the positive (preservational) and negative (diluent) effects of sedimentation rate (SR) on the total organic carbon (TOC) content of marine sediments, and to use multiple regression analysis of modern data to predict TOC. Data presented show the predicted marine TOC using the carbon burial efficiency (BE) versus SR relationship of Betts and Holland (Betts, J.N., Holland, H.D., 1991. The oxygen content of ocean bottom waters, the burial efficiency of organic carbon, and the regulation of atmospheric oxygen. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Global and Planetary Change Section 97, 5-18), calculated for a range of SR, water depths, primary productivities and four fixed BE values. The results suggest that the preservation effect of SR only enhances TOC at less than or equal to5 cm/ka in oxic regimes, after which dilution occurs if carbon supply is held constant. Above 35 cm/ka there is no appreciable difference in TOC regardless of whether the sea floor is anoxic or not. Below 10 cm/ka there is a strong divergence in oxic and anoxic TOC values. Observed positive correlations of SR and TOC at >5 cm/ka are largely an artefact of including sites from shallower depths and/or higher productivities. Multiple regression analysis (MRA) of modern marine sediment data suggests that once re-scaled to allow for their non-linear effect, dissolved oxygen values may be a significant additional variable in determining the TOC, predicting an approximately 2.5-4.0 times higher TOC in anoxic facies compared with fully oxic ones (> 4 ml/l dissolved oxygen), all other things being equal. The MRA also indicates a generally negative partial correlation between carbon delivery flux and BE in modern sediments, producing a significant moderating effect on the predicted TOC. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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