(Table 1) Dissolved organic carbon and dissolved sugar of interstitial water of DSDP Holes 96-618, 96-619 and 96-623

• Main Authors: Ishizuka, Toshio, Ittekkot, Venugopalan, Degens, Egon T, Kawahata, Hodaka
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1986
• Subjects: 96-618; 96-619; 96-623; Automatic sugar analyzer (Biotronik; Frankfurt); Carbon; organic; dissolved; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DEPTH; sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Elevation of event; Event label; Glomar Challenger; Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico/BASIN; Gulf of Mexico/FAN; Latitude of event; Leg96; Longitude of event; Sample code/label; Sugars; Total Carbon Monitor TCM 400/P (Erba Science); Orca
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.788190; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788190

Preliminary data on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved sugars in interstitial water samples collected at Sites 618, 619, and 623 of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96 are presented. At Site 618 in Orca Basin, the DOC content of the interstitial water peaks in the hypersaline sulfate reduction zone. The sugar content reaches a maximum and the DOC content begins to decrease at the depth of methane gas generation. Below that depth, the sugar and DOC contents are about constant. At Site 619 in Pigmy Basin, the DOC content increases slightly with depth in the sulfate reduction and the methane fermentation zones. The sugar content is lower in the sulfate reduction zone than in the methane fermentation zone; sugar concentration increases and fluctuates with methane gas percentages within the methane fermentation zone. At Site 623 in the lower fan region of the Mississippi Fan, there is no sulfate reduction zone. The DOC and sugar contents of the interstitial water are almost constant with depth.