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“Instead it is preserved in sediments, principally on the continental shelves and slopes (Berner, 1982), to become a constituent of a long-lived geological reservoir of reduced organic carbon or kerogen.”
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Sulfur in Pacific Deep-Sea Sediments (Leg 129) and Implications for Cycling of Sediment in Subduction Zones
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“The sequestration of terrestrial particulate organic carbon (OC) in marine sediments can lead to a drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and thus form a long-term control on carbon dioxide and oxygen levels in Earth’s atmosphere (Berner, 1982; Burdige, 2007; Hilton & West, 2020).”
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“stacking and connectivity of subsurface fluid reservoirs (Gibling, 2006), and influencing global geochemical cycles (Berner, 1982).”
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Geochemical characteristics of organic carbon and pyrite sulfur in Ordovician-Silurian transition shales in the Yangtze Platform, South China: Implications for the depositional environment
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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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