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Factors governing abundance of hydrolyzable amino acids in the sediments from the N.W. European Continental Margin (47-50 degrees N)

Boski, T., Pessoa, J., Pedro, P., Thorez, J., Dias, J. M. A. and Hall, Ian Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-1419 1998. Factors governing abundance of hydrolyzable amino acids in the sediments from the N.W. European Continental Margin (47-50 degrees N). Progress in Oceanography 42 (1-4) , pp. 145-164. 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00032-9

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Abstract

Fifty-six samples representing 6 sediment cores taken along the N.W. European Continental Margin from the shelf, slope and abyssal plain of the Goban Spur and Meriadzek Terrace were quantitatively analysed for total hydrolyzable amino acids (THAA) and clay minerals. In descending order, the five most abundant amino acids making up more than 70% of the total were: aspartic acid, glycine, serine, alanine and glutamic acid. Clay mineral proportions were typical for the N.E. Atlantic, in order of descending abundance: illite, kaolinite, chlorite, smectite and mixed layers. The Meriadzek Terrace area is characterised by fine grain suspension sedimentation with a low pelagic carbonate input and the lowest content of THAA. In contrast, the Goban Spur transect is characterised by much higher carbonate inputs and more vigorous hydrodynamics as judged from granulometry and the high abundance of minerals of shelf and continental origin and a generally higher THAA content. The pelagic portion of THAA deposited at the sea floor is more readily mineralised during early diagenesis than the more `refractory', clay mineral-associated continental portion. Along this margin the average mineralization of THAA down to 25 cm in the sediment is about 54%. There is a significant affinity between chlorites and amino acids which we suggest may involve the formation of ionic bonds between the octahedral layers of the clay and the amino acids.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0079-6611
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022 09:04
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/30538

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