Lithology and organic geochemistry at DSDP Hole 76-534

• Main Authors: Summerhayes, Colin P, Masran, Theodora C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1983
• Subjects: 76-534; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg76; North Atlantic/BASIN; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.809879; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809879

The organic facies of Early and middle Cretaceous sediments drilled at DSDP Site 534 is dominated by terrestrially derived plant remains and charcoal. Marine organic matter is mixed with the terrestrial components, but through much of this period was diluted by the terrestrial material. The supply o...