NONVOLATILE ORGANIC-MATTER AT SITES-565-570, DEEP-SEA DRILLING PROJECT LEG-84 Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • Organic-carbon content and carbon isotopic compositions within the Pleistocene and Pliocene-Oligocene sections at Sites 565-570 in the Middle American Trench area were internally consistent. For the Pleistocene section, a decrease in organic-carbon content toward present-day land and a relatively constant carbon isotopic composition was observed. For the Pliocene-Oligocene section, there is a general increase in organic-carbon content in the direction of present-day land.-from Authors

author list (cited authors)

  • KENNICUTT, M. C., BROOKS, J. M., MCDONALD, T. J., & PFLAUM, R. C.

complete list of authors

  • KENNICUTT, MC||BROOKS, JM||MCDONALD, TJ||PFLAUM, RC

publication date

  • January 1985