Quantifying the degradation of organic matter in marine sediments: A review and synthesis

S Arndt, BB Jørgensen, DE LaRowe, JJ Middelburg… - Earth-science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Quantifying the rates of biogeochemical processes in marine sediments is essential for
understanding global element cycles and climate change. Because organic matter …

Extracting the most from terrestrial plant-derived n-alkyl lipids and their carbon isotopes from the sedimentary record: A review

AF Diefendorf, EJ Freimuth - Organic Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Terrestrial plant biomarkers and their carbon isotopes provide insights into carbon cycling,
paleovegetation and paleoclimate, ranging in scale from local to global. Over the past …

The fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the marine environment

NE Blair, RC Aller - Annual review of marine science, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the fate of terrestrial organic carbon (C org) delivered to oceans by rivers is
critical for constraining models of biogeochemical cycling and Earth surface evolution. C org …

Molecular proxies for paleoclimatology

TI Eglinton, G Eglinton - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2008 - Elsevier
We summarize the applications of molecular proxies in paleoclimatology. Marine molecular
records especially are proving to be of value but certain environmentally persistent …

Organic carbon burial efficiency in lake sediments controlled by oxygen exposure time and sediment source

S Sobek, E Durisch-Kaiser, R Zurbrügg… - Limnology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We compared the burial efficiency of organic carbon (buried OC: deposited OC) in a diverse
set of 27 different sediments from 11 lakes, focusing on the potential effects of organic matter …

Selective preservation of organic matter in marine environments; processes and impact on the sedimentary record

KAF Zonneveld, GJM Versteegh, S Kasten… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
The present paper is the result of a workshop sponsored by the DFG Research
Center/Cluster of Excellence MARUM" The Ocean in the Earth System", the International …

Centers of organic carbon burial and oxidation at the land-ocean interface

TS Bianchi, X Cui, NE Blair, DJ Burdige, TI Eglinton… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Continental margin systems collectively receive and store vast amounts of organic carbon
(OC) derived from primary productivity both on land and in the ocean, thereby playing a …

Geochemical controls on shale microstructure

JJ Valenza, N Drenzek, F Marques, M Pagels… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The uptick in hydrocarbon production from shale in the United States has generated interest
in metrics of unconventional reservoir quality, like permeability. We use conventional gas …

Dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity fluxes from coastal marine sediments: model estimates for different shelf environments and sensitivity to global change

V Krumins, M Gehlen, S Arndt, P Van Cappellen… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
We present a one-dimensional reactive transport model to estimate benthic fluxes of
dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and alkalinity (AT) from coastal marine sediments. The …

[HTML][HTML] Controls on the abundance, provenance and age of organic carbon buried in continental margin sediments

B Ausín, E Bruni, N Haghipour, C Welte… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Continental margins play a fundamental role in the carbon cycle as primary oceanic
locations of organic carbon (OC) burial. However, gaps remain in our understanding of …