The impact of volcanic ash deposition and the Storegga Slide on organic carbon preservation processes in marine sediments near Iceland

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Blanke, Jana, Pahnke, Katharina, Bompard, Millie, Longman, Jack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Aegir Ridge; Storegga; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59339/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59339/1/1-s2.0-S0025322723001329-main.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/59339/2/1-s2.0-S0025322723001329-mmc1.docx; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2023.107120

The burial of organic carbon (OC) in marine sediments is a considerable sink for carbon, removing OC from the active ocean-atmosphere system. Both the total OC buried, and the proportion of OC retained in sediments after burial, varies by location, with some areas of the ocean floor known to be ...