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Stabilization of the coupled oxygen and phosphorus cycles by the evolution of bioturbation
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“…modern ocean, the burial of organic matter occurs predominantly in fine-grained siliciclastic sediments in deltaic, upper shelf, and slope settings where high rates of sedimentation, nutrient fluxes, and suspended loads of terrestrial organic matter are found (Berner 1982; Hedges and Keil 1995).”
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The sulphur isotopic composition of trace sulphates in Carboniferous brachiopods: implications for coeval seawater, correlation with other geochemical cycles and isotope stratigraphy
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“…usually amount to 90–95% of short-term refractory accumulation in open ocean sediments, whereas they only amount to 70–75% in coastal sediments (Berner 1982; Lein 1984), the differences in carbon preservation between oceanic phytoplankton and coastal macrophytic communities (i.e., marshes)…”
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Oxygen as a control on sea floor biological communities and their roles in sedimentary carbon cycling
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“1698 Continental margin sediments are important sites for the accumulation and burial of organic matter (OM) (DeMaison and Moore 1980; Berner 1982).”
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“[42] The gridded global domain presented above is limited to locations deeper than 1000 m, excluding shallow water sediments which are generally thought to comprise 80–90% of global carbon burial [Berner, 1982; Hedges and Keil, 1995].”
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The role of land plants, phosphorus weathering and fire in the rise and regulation of atmospheric oxygen
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“It is exactly balanced in our formulation by the precipitation of fresh organic carbon in shelf sediments (Berner, 1982), although short-term imbalances are possible in the real world.”
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“We assume here that the above value also accounts for a large portion of anaerobic respiration, because most of the dissolved sulfide produced under anoxic conditions is re-oxidized by free dissolved oxygen (Berner, 1982).”
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“deltas and continental shelves are considered to be the main repositories of organic matter in marine sediments ( Berner, 1982, 1989; Hedges and Keil, 1995; Mayer et al., 1998).”
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Authors: Berner, R. A.
Corresponding author: Berner, R. A.
Venue: American Journal of Science
Publisher: American Journal of Science (AJS)
Published: 1982-04-01
Volume: 282
Issue: 4
Pages: 451-473
ISSN: 0002-9599 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.282.4.451
OpenAlex: W2049621326
Cited by: 1,200
References: 0
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FWCI: 14.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: American Journal of Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Keywords: organic carbon burial, pyrite sulfur, marine sediment, marine geochemistry, marine environment, sulfur cycling

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