Organic Matter in Recent and Ancient Sediments of Organic   Rich Depositional Environments
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This is a geochemical study of organic matter transformations in                the sediments under the Peru Current upwelling system.  The                     Principal Investigator will evaluate new lipid biomarkers by                    determining the accuracy with which they have recorded the                      history of El Ninyo (El Nino) derived productivity fluctuations.                                                                                                Such studies of organic matter transformations in sediments are                 important because they will lead to an understanding of                         petroleum formation as well as to an understanding of the                       regeneration of inorganic nutrient salts at the sediment-water                  interface.  Testing the accuracy of the new lipid biomarkers is                 important because they could be used to determine the past record               of oceanic productivity, an important goal of current geoscience                initiatives.                                                                                                                                                    The PI's samples were taken last year; now he will use high-                    resolution glass-capillary gas chromatography, column                           chromatography, and electron impact mass spectrometry to analyse                these samples for alkanes, stereness, hopenes, aromatics, and                   fatty acids.
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{'Code': '1670', 'Text': 'Chemical Oceanography'}
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