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In the preceding chapters, organic carbon sources, pathways and transformation processes at the sea floor have been presented and discussed. In the following chapter, particulate organic carbon in Arctic Ocean sediments, its composition, burial and paleoenvironmental significance will be discussed. With respect to the Arctic Ocean’s organic carbon sedimentary records, we concentrate on surface sediment data and sediment cores representing the late Quaternary time interval, because information about organic carbon accumulation during pre-Quaternary (i.e., Jurassic to Tertiary) and its paleoenvironmental implications is very sparse (e.g., Thiede et al. 1990). For completeness, however, a short overview on pre-Quaternary records will be presented here.
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Stein, R. et al. (2004). Organic Carbon in Arctic Ocean Sediments: Sources, Variability, Burial, and Paleoenvironmental Significance. In: Stein, R., MacDonald, R.W. (eds) The Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18912-8_7
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