Kusch, Stephanie; Rethemeyer, Janet; Schefuß, Enno; Mollenhauer, Gesine (2010): 14C specific radiocarbon ages and bulk ages accompanied by geochemical proxys from surface sediment samples in the Black Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759883, Supplement to: Kusch, S et al. (2010): Controls on the age of vascular plant biomarkers in Black Sea sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7031-7047, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.005
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Abstract:
Transfer of organic carbon (OC) from the terrestrial to the oceanic carbon pool is largely driven by riverine and aeolian transport. Before transport, however, terrigenous organic matter can be retained in intermediate terrestrial reservoirs such as soils. Using compound-specific radiocarbon analysis of terrigenous biomarkers their average terrestrial residence time can be evaluated.
Here we show compound-specific radiocarbon (14C) ages of terrigenous biomarkers and bulk 14C ages accompanied by geochemical proxy data from core top samples collected along transects in front of several river mouths in the Black Sea. 14C ages of long chain n-alkanes, long chain n-fatty acids and total organic carbon (TOC) are highest in front of the river mouths, correlating well with BIT (branched and isoprenoid tetraether) indices, which indicates contribution of pre-aged, soil-derived terrigenous organic matter. The radiocarbon ages decrease further offshore towards locations where organic matter is dominated by marine production and aeolian input potentially contributes terrigenous organic matter. Average terrestrial residence times of vascular plant biomarkers deduced from n-C29+31 alkanes and n-C28+30 fatty acids ages from stations directly in front of the river mouths range from 900 ± 70 years to 4400 ± 170 years. These average residence times correlate with size and topography in climatically similar catchments, whereas the climatic regime appears to control continental carbon turnover times in morphologically similar drainage areas of the Black Sea catchment. Along-transect data imply petrogenic contribution of n-C29+31 alkanes and input via different terrigenous biomarker transport modes, i.e., riverine and aeolian, resulting in aged biomarkers at offshore core locations. Because n-C29+31 alkanes show contributions from petrogenic sources, n-C28+30 fatty acids likely provide better estimates of average terrestrial residence times of vascular plant biomarkers. Moreover, sedimentary n-C28 and n-C30 fatty acids appear clearly much less influenced by autochthonous sources than n-C24 and n-C26 fatty acids as indicated by increasing radiocarbon ages with increasing chain-length and are, thus, more representative as vascular plant biomarkers.
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Kusch, Stephanie (2010): Tracing time in the ocean: Unraveling depositional and preservational timescales using compound-specific radiocarbon analysis of biomarkers from marine sediments [dissertation]. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Germany, urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000119049
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Median Latitude: 43.736045 * Median Longitude: 32.976920 * South-bound Latitude: 41.615000 * West-bound Longitude: 29.190500 * North-bound Latitude: 45.661500 * East-bound Longitude: 41.466617
Date/Time Start: 2001-12-16T05:01:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-03-21T06:43:00
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GeoB7604-1 (613) * Latitude: 42.936667 * Longitude: 30.031667 * Date/Time: 2001-12-16T05:01:00 * Elevation: -1988.0 m * Recovery: 0.3 m * Location: NW Black Sea * Campaign: M51/4 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: 8/8, 2/4 tubes, Water samples (2xd13C,1xd18O)
GeoB7612-3 (622) * Latitude: 43.670000 * Longitude: 30.011667 * Date/Time: 2001-12-20T22:04:00 * Elevation: -184.0 m * Recovery: 0.49 m * Location: NW Black Sea * Campaign: M51/4 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: 4/4, 8/8, Water samples (2xd13C,1xd18O)
GeoB7614-1 (624) * Latitude: 43.713333 * Longitude: 29.906667 * Date/Time: 2001-12-21T06:36:00 * Elevation: -91.0 m * Recovery: 0.25 m * Location: NW Black Sea * Campaign: M51/4 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: 4/4, 8/8, Water samples (2xd13C,1xd18O)
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- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table 3) Expected core top ages based on published sedimentation rates without and with the influence of bioturbation and the branched and isoprenoid tetraether index in Black Sea sediments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759810
- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table 4) Radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopic data along river-mouth to deep-basin transects. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759849
- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table 5) Average terrestrial residence times of vascular plant biomarkers for the investigated river catchments deduced from the core locations closest to the river mouths. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759851
- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table 6) Radiocarbon concentrations and conventional radiocarbon ages of n-C29+31 alkanes corrected for petrogenic contribution and uncorrected radiocarbon concentrations and conventional radiocarbon ages of n-C28+30 fatty acids for comparison. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759856
- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table EA1) TOC radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopic data for stations without compound-specific radiocarbon data. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759880
- Kusch, S; Rethemeyer, J; Schefuß, E et al. (2010): (Table EA2) Geochemical proxy data along river-mouth to deep-basin transects. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.759882