Biogenic silica content and distribution in deep sea sediments at Marcus-Wake Seamounts area in the western Pacific Ocean

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-909X.2019.04.006

Abstract

Abstract: In this study, the content of bio-silicon and organic matter in the surface sediments were analyzed, which were collected by the Ocean 40 voyage in the mountain basin of the Marcus-Wick Sea area in the western Pacific, and the preliminary research on its distribution characteristics and sources were also conducted. The results show that the content of bio-silicon in the deep sea surface sediments near the Marcus-Wicker Sea area is generally low, ranging from 0.88% to 12.41%, with an average content of 2.19%. The distribution shows a high content in the southwest and a diminishing trend toward the northeast. The content of organic carbon in the surface sediments is low, and the distribution of δ¹³C is the same as that of bio-silicon. Sediment core studies show that the primary production of siliceous organisms in the surface waters of the study area during the past 100-200 ka is gradually increasing.

Key words: western Pacific Ocean, biogenic silica, sediments

CLC Number:

P736.4

MENG Fan-sheng, NI Jian-yu, YAO Xu-ying. Biogenic silica content and distribution in deep sea sediments at Marcus-Wake Seamounts area in the western Pacific Ocean[J]. Journal of Marine Sciences, 2019, 37(4): 60-67.

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