Bulk geochemical and Rock-Eval data of sediment core IKU-7430/10-U-01 (Table 1), supplement to: Langrock, Uwe; Stein, Ruediger; Lipinski, Marcus; Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen (2003): Paleoenvironment and sea-level change in the early Cretaceous Barents Sea – implications from near-shore marine sapropels. Geo-Marine Letters, 23(1), 34-42

• Main Authors: Langrock, Uwe, Stein, Ruediger, Lipinski, Marcus, Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2003
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Hydrogen index, mass HC per unit mass total organic carbon; Oxygen index, mass CO2 per unit mass total organic carbon; Hydrocarbon yield, S1 per unit sediment mass; Hydrocarbon yield, S2 per unit sediment mass; Carbon dioxide yield, S3 per unit sediment mass; Pyrolysis temperature maximum; Carbon, total; Calcium carbonate; Carbon/sulfur ratio; Sulfur, total; Nitrogen, total; Drilling/drill rig; Element analyser CHN-O Rapid, Heraeus; Calculated; Rock eval pyrolysis Behar et al., 2001; Element analyser CHN, LECO; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Barents Sea; Hekkingen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.143840; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.143840

The late Volgian (early "Boreal" Berriasian) sapropels of the Hekkingen Formation of the central Barents Sea show total organic carbon (TOC) contents from 3 to 36 wt%. The relationship between TOC content and sedimentation rate (SR), and the high Mo/Al ratios indicate deposition under oxyg...