Kerogen Recycling in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

20 September 1974

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 185 (4156) , 1045-1047
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4156.1045

Abstract

Analyses of the stable isotopes of the organic carbon and microscopic examination of the sediment particles suggest that up to 90 percent of the organic matter in Ross Sea sediments is derived from the igneous and ancient metamorphic and sedimentary rocks that are being glacially eroded on the Antarctic continent and transported seaward.

Keywords

ROSS SEA
ANCIENT METAMORPHIC
TRANSPORTED SEAWARD
ANTARCTICA ANALYSES
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
STABLE ISOTOPES
SEA SEDIMENTS
ORGANIC CARBON
PARTICLES SUGGEST

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Temperature Dependence of Carbon Isotope Composition in Marine Plankton and Sediments
Science, 1965
The depositional history and isotopic organic carbon composition of marine sediments
Marine Geology, 1964
The geochemistry of the stable carbon isotopes
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1953