Processing notes:
December 2002, Warren Prell
1. Data for -1 to O interval are measure on unconsolidated phytodetritus layer
sitting on top of sediment water interface
2. Letter for each core refers to a multicore section
3. Opal determined using Mortlock and Froelich (1989, DSR, vol 36, 1415-1426)
4. CaCO3 detemined on automated Carbonate rig similar to Ostermann et al. (1990)
5. CaCO3-ICP = 2.5* Ca determined from ICP.
6. Corg and N% determined using technique of Verardo et al. (1990, DSR, 37, 157-165)
7. Ca, Mn, Fe, Al, Ti, and P determined on ICP-AES using technique of
Murray and Leinen (1996, GCA, 3869-3878)
8. Density calculated from dried weight of known volume of sample extruded from subcore
9. Sedimentation rates estimated from C-14 dating of monospecific foraminifer shells
from sampled depths. For all but JGOFS-1, both menardii and sacculifer (when available)
ages were used to calculate sedimentation rate. In practice JGOFS-5 had one sacculifer
and 5 menardii and Owen Ridge 2 had 8 menardii and 6 sacculifer, the rest have only
menardii. For JGOFS-1, the data on the 2 species measured were significantly different
so two separate rates were calculated- one for each species (C14_sed_rate calculated
from G. menardii, and C14_sed_rate_2 from G. sacculifer).
References: Mortlock, R.A., and Froelich, P.N., 1989. A simple method for the rapid determination of biogenic opal in pelagic marine sediments. Deep-Sea Res., 36:1415-1426. Ostermann, D.R., Karbott, D., and Curry, W.B., 1990. Automated system to measure carbonate concentration of sediments. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Rept., WHOI-90-03. Verardo, D., Froelich, P.N., and McIntyre, A., 1990. Determination of organic carbon and nitrogen in marine sediments using the Carlo Erba NA-1500 analyzer. Deep-Sea Research, 37: 157-165. Murray, R. W. and Leinen, M. 1996. Scavenged excess aluminum and its relationship to bulk titanium in biogenic sediment from the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60 (20): 3869-3878.