Bulk sediment and diatom silica carbon isotope composition from coastal marine sediments off East Antarctica

• Published in: Silicon
• Main Authors: Berg, Sonja, Leng, Melanie J., Kendrick, Christopher P., Cremer, Holger, Wagner, Bernd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; Rauer Group; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500710/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-012-9113-3

Organic carbon occluded in diatom silica is assumed to be protected from degradation in the sediment. δ13C from diatom carbon (δ13C(diatom)) therefore potentially provides a signal of conditions during diatom growth. However, there have been few studies based on δ13C(diatom). Numerous variables can...