The Carboniferous carbon isotope record from sedimentary organic matter: can we disentangle the carbon cycle?

Davies, S.J.; Bennett, C.E.; Leng, M.J.; Kearsey, T.; Marshall, J.E.; Millward, D.; Reeves, E.J.; Snelling, A.; Sherwin, J.E.

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The Carboniferous carbon isotope record from sedimentary organic matter: can we disentangle the carbon cycle?

Davies, S.J.; Bennett, C.E.; Leng, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Kearsey, T.; Marshall, J.E.; Millward, D.; Reeves, E.J.; Snelling, A.; Sherwin, J.E.. 2014 The Carboniferous carbon isotope record from sedimentary organic matter: can we disentangle the carbon cycle? [Other] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, USA, 15-19 Dec 2014.

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Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of the 13C composition of sedimentary organic matter from Euramerican Carboniferous successions indicates there are significant shifts in 13C through this key time interval. Our studies have revealed that, at an individual location, the source and delivery mechanism of the sediment contribute to the type of organic matter preserved and, in turn this influences the measured 13C values from bulk sedimentary organic matter of organic matter.

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