Early Cretaceous total organic carbon contents and stable carbon isotope ratios at DSDP Sites 25-249, 36-327, 40-361, 71-511 and ODP Site 113-693

This data set contains total organic carbon (TOC) contents and stable carbon isotope ratios of bulk carbonate and organic carbon in Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) sediments at Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) sites 249, 327, 361, and 511 and Ocean Drilling Project (ODP) Site 693. TOC was measur...

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Main Authors: Dummann, Wolf, Steinig, Sebastian, Hofmann, Peter, Flögel, Sascha, Frank, Martin, Herrle, Jens O, Bretschneider, Lisa, Sheward, Rosie M, Wagner, Thomas
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
ODP
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.943533
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943533
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Summary:This data set contains total organic carbon (TOC) contents and stable carbon isotope ratios of bulk carbonate and organic carbon in Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) sediments at Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) sites 249, 327, 361, and 511 and Ocean Drilling Project (ODP) Site 693. TOC was measured using a DIMATOC 100 carbon analyzer (Dimatec Corp., Germany). Carbon isotope analyses were performed using a Flash Elemental Analyzer 1112 (Thermoquest) coupled to an MAT 253 gas source mass spectrometer via a continuous flow inlet. Age estimates for individual samples are based on biostratigraphy and carbon isotope stratigraphy and are calibrated to the GTS2012 time scale of Gradstein et al. (2012).