Sedimentary Organic Matter : Organic facies and palynofacies / by R. Tyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyson, R. V. (Richard V.), Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Geochemistry.

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Sedimentology.

Environmental Sciences.

Physical Chemistry.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Sciences.

Geochemistry.

Physical Chemistry.

Sedimentology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 615 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 1995.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A sound understanding of the global carbon cycle requires an appreciation of the various physico-chemical and biological processes that determine the production, distribution, deposition and diagenesis of organic matter in the natural environment. This book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary synthesis of this information, coupled with an organic facies approach based on data from both microscopy and bulk organic geochemistry.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The importance of sedimentary organic matter

2 The nature of organic matter in sediments

3 Production and delivery flux of planktonic organic matter

4 Biological degradation and consumption of organic matter

5 Abundance of organic matter in sediments: TOC, hydrodynamic equivalence, dilution and flux effects

6 Organic matter preservation: the effects of oxygen deficiency

7 Origin and nature of the Phytoclast Group

8 Origin and nature of the Amorphous Group

9 Origin and nature of the Palynomorph Group, Phytoplankton Subgroup

10 Origin and nature of the Zoomorph Subgroup, and the origin, nature and distribution of the Zooclast Group

11 Distribution of the Phytoclast Group

12 Distribution of the Amorphous Group

13 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Sporomorph Subgroup

14 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Phytoplankton Subgroup, marine dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts)

15 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Phytoplankton Subgroup, marine prasinophyte phycomata

16 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Phytoplankton Subgroup, chlorococcale algae

17 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Phytoplankton Subgroup, Acritarcha

18 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Phytoplankton Subgroup, cyanobacteria and Rhodophyta

19 Distribution of the Palynomorph Group: Zoomorph Subgroup

20 Palynological kerogen classification

21 Bulk geochemical characterization and classification of organic matter: elemental analysis and pyrolysis

22 Bulk geochemical characterization and classification of organic matter: carbon:nitrogen ratios and lignin-derived phenols

23 Bulk geochemical characterization and classification of organic matter: stable carbon isotopes (?13C)

24 Palynofacies in a sequence stratigraphic context

25Some practical aspects of palynofacies analysis

Appendix A Density of particulate organic matter and kerogen and some associated materials

Appendix C Carbon:nitrogen weight ratios of organic matter and some Recent and ancient sediments

Appendix D Prasinophyte occurrences in dysoxic—anoxic facies of Silurian to Quaternary age (in stratigraphic order).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

94-010-4318-3

94-011-0739-4