6. Miocene-Pleistocene Sedimentary Record of Carbon Burial under the Benguela Current Upwelling System, Southwestern Margin of Africa

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

Depositional Settings

Inorganic and Organic Carbon Measurements and C/N Ratios

Rock-Eval Pyrolysis

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CaCO₃ Concentrations

Organic Carbon Concentrations

Organic Carbon/Nitrogen Values

Results of Rock-Eval Pyrolysis

Thermal Maturity of Organic Matter

Paleoceanographic Significance of Organic Carbon-Rich Sediments

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

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