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Marine sediments preserve a record of past oceanic environmental conditions. This record, however, may be compromised and difficult to interpret if there is qualitative and quantitative uncoupling between the water column and the sediments. In the case of organic matter, this bias is severe since most organic matter produced in surface waters is degraded in the water column and only a tiny fraction is buried in the sediments. Valid reconstruction of the sediment record requires a firm understanding of the processes that occur in the ocean and how they affect the behavior of organic matter.
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Wakeham, S.G. (2000). Organic Matter Preservation in the Ocean: Lipid Behavior from Plankton to Sediments. In: Gianguzza, A., Pelizetti, E., Sammartano, S. (eds) Chemical Processes in Marine Environments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04207-6_6
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