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Anthropogenic alteration of sedimentary organic carbon
Author(s) -
Gormly J. R.,
Sackett W. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl002i005p00197
Subject(s) - total organic carbon , submarine pipeline , sedimentary rock , petroleum , geology , isotopes of carbon , carbon fibers , earth science , oceanography , geochemistry , drilling , environmental science , sediment , environmental chemistry , paleontology , chemistry , materials science , composite number , mechanical engineering , engineering , composite material
Gradients of the amounts and carbon isotope compositions of the lipids and total organic carbon were observed in the near surface sediments around an offshore production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The gradients may be due to the presence of petroleum‐derived residues from cuttings‐derived material redeposited during drilling operations or from a spill of some 30,000 barrels of petroleum that occurred at the platform three years earlier.