GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN A PERMAFROST SEDIMENT CORE SAMPLE FROM NORTHEAST SIBERIA, RUSSIA

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We studied total organic carbon (TOC), hydrocarbons and fatty acids in a permafrost sediment core sample (well 6-90,length 32.0m, 1.5-2.5Ma BP) from northeast Siberia (approximately 70°N, 158°E), Russia, to elucidate their geochemical features in relation to source organisms and paleoenvironmental conditions. Long-chain n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids (>C_<19>) were most predominant hydrocarbons and fatty acids, respectively, so organic matter in the sediment core was derived mainly from vascular plants and, to a much smaller extent, from bacteria. Low concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids revealed that organic matter in the sediment core was considerably degraded during and/or after sedimentation. The predominance of vascular plant components, the major ionic components of nonmarine sources, and geological data strongly implied that the sediment layers were formed in shallow lacustrine environments, such as swamp with large influences of tundra or forest-tundra vegetation. Also, no drastic changes in paleoenvironmental conditions for biological activity or geological events, such as sea transgressions or ice-sheet influences, occurred at the sampling site approximately 100km from the coast of the East Siberian Sea during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene periods.
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