Organic carbon concentrations and isotope ratios of sediments from the Laptev Sea, supplement to: Müller-Lupp, Thomas; Bauch, Henning A; Erlenkeuser, Helmut; Hefter, Jens; Kassens, Heidemarie; Thiede, Jörn (2000): Changes in the deposition of terrestrial organic matter on the Laptev Sea shelf during the Holocene: evidence from stable carbon isotopes. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 89(3), 563-568

• Main Authors: Müller-Lupp, Thomas, Bauch, Henning A, Erlenkeuser, Helmut, Hefter, Jens, Kassens, Heidemarie, Thiede, Jörn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2000
• Subjects: Mueller-Lupp; Box corer Reineck; Photo/Video; van Veen Grab; Vibro corer; Giant box corer; Grab; CTD/Rosette; Kasten corer; Gravity corer Kiel type; Box corer; Transdrift-I; Transdrift-III; Transdrift-IV; Transdrift-II; ARK-XIV/1b; ARK-XI/1; RUS_unspec; Ivan Kireyev; Kapitan Dranitsyn; Lena Nordenskøld Station; Professor Multanovskiy; Polarstern; Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel GEOMAR; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North QUEEN; Laptev Sea; Mueller; Van Veen; laptev
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.712058; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.712058

Stable carbon isotope ratios in the organic fraction of surface sediments from the Laptev Sea shelf were analyzed in order to study the modern distribution pattern of terrestrial organic matter. The delta13Corg signature of the surface sediments range from -26.6 per mil near the coastal margin to -22.8 per mil in the north towards the outer shelf. Characterizing the possible sources of organic matter by their delta13Corg signature reveals that the terrestrial influence reaches further north in the eastern than in the western Laptev Sea. Downcore records of the delta13Corg, measured on three AMS 14C-dated cores from water depths between 46 and 77 m, specify the spatial and temporal changes in the deposition of terrestrial organic matter on the Laptev Sea shelf during the past 12.7 ka. The major depositional changes of terrestrial organic matter occurred between 11 and 7 ka and comprised the main phase of the southward retreat of the coastline and of the river depocenters due to the postglacial sea level rise.