Program of mineralization and cycling in marine systems: Organic geochemistry of particulates and sediments (CaBS): Comprehensive report, November 1985--November 1988

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6595333

Venkatesan, M I; Kaplan, I R

The major objective of the present on-going project was to understand the processes involved in the cycling of organic carbon in the southern California Bight. This involves the evaluation of the relative flux of planktonic carbon to the seafloor versus the import of terrestrial carbon components and the determination of the rate of decompositions of sedimenting organic matter in the waste column. These goals were achieved by the chemical characterization of sedimenting particles (from traps) as well as in the near surface sediments. At UCLA we have been focusing on the chemical characterization of selected classes of organic carbon compounds derived from different sources to understand the vertical flux and the chemical composition of the particulate organic matter which are controlled by complex transport, transformations, degradation and remineralization. 25 refs., 22 figs., 12 tabs.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-85ER60338
• OSTI ID: 6595333
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60338-6; ON: DE89005046
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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