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Author(s): Meyers PA
Title: Organic geochemical proxies of paleoceanographic, paleolimnologic, and paleoclimatic processes
Source: ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 27 (5-6): 213-250
Date: 1997 OCT-NOV
Document Type: Journal : Article
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Language: English
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Address: Univ Michigan, Dept Geol Sci, Program Marine Geol & Geochem, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Univ Michigan, Ctr Great Lakes & Aquat Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA. Reprint: Meyers, PA, Univ Michigan, Dept Geol Sci, Program Marine Geol &
Geochem, 1006 CC Little Bldg, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA. E-mail: pameyers@umich.edu
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Abstract: Organic matter constitutes a minor fraction of marine and freshwater sediments, yet its important contribution to the sedimentary record can be used to reconstruct marine and continental paleoenvironments. The organic matter content of sediments is the residue of past biota. The amounts and types of organic matter present in sediments consequently reflect environmental conditions that impacted ecosystems at different past times. General sources of the organic matter are inferred from bulk properties such as elemental compositions, carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios, Rock-Eval pyrolysis data, and organic petrography. Details of organic matter origins are refined by analyses of biomarker molecular compositions. Source changes are proxies for fluctuations in sea-level, oceanic surface currents, and continental climates. Algal paleoproductivity rates are indicated by organic-carbon mass accumulation rates and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic compositions. These parameters record past availability of nutrients and, therefore, are proxies of surface mixing in the oceans and amount of land runoff to lakes. Sea-surface paleotemperatures are recorded by the number of carbon-carbon double bonds in lipid biomarkers produced by marine algae. Larger proportions of the double bonds are proxies for the cooler surface waters that accompanied periods of global glaciation and intervals of enhanced upwelling. The delta(13)C and delta D values of plant organic matter record past concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and changes in delivery of atmospheric moisture, respectively. Diagenesis, which causes the concentration and composition of organic matter in sedimentary settings to differ from those of the original biologically synthesized materials, can bias organic geochemical paleoenvironmental records. The magnitude of this potential source of misinformation must always be considered and evaluated. Comparison of multiple organic geochemical proxies of past conditions helps to compensate for the effects of diagenetic alterations and thereby to improve interpretations of paleoenvironmental change. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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