STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF MARINE SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT

JIANG Yuxuan; XING Lei; ZHANG Hailong; JIANG Yiqing; ZHAO Meixun

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04173

2014 Vol. 34, No. 4

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JIANG Yuxuan, XING Lei, ZHANG Hailong, JIANG Yiqing, ZHAO Meixun. STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF MARINE SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(4): 173-180. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04173

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JIANG Yuxuan, XING Lei, ZHANG Hailong, JIANG Yiqing, ZHAO Meixun. STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF MARINE SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(4): 173-180. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04173

STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF MARINE SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT

1. Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;
2. Institute of Marine Organic Geochemistry, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

Received Date: 29 August 2013

Revised Date: 02 October 2013

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As a long-term carbon sink, marine sediments preserve abundant organic carbon, and have important implications for climate change and carbon cycle. The organic carbon in the marine sediments would experience both aerobic and anaerobic degradation in the sediments. The process of the degradation is complicated, influenced by the chemical structure of the organic compound, the redox condition, the absorption of the sediments, temperature, pressure and biological activities. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the effect of degradation in assessing the change in sedimentary organic carbons. The effect of degradation on sedimentary organic carbons can be estimated by degradation models. In this paper, the factors affecting the degradation process and the development of the models are reviewed, and the problems in model study are discussed.
- degradation /
- model /
- sedimentary organic carbon /
- maiine sedimen

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