Organic matter deposited and buried under the seafloor is one of the major carbon sources for microbial life in the deep subsurface of the ocean. In this report, we present a compilation of all available total organic carbon (TOC) and total inorganic carbon (TIC) data for the sites drilled during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 201. We include the TOC and TIC data from sites of Deep Sea Drilling (DSDP) Leg 34 and ODP Legs 112 and 138 (Yeats, Hart, et al., 1976; Suess, von Huene, et al., 1988; Mayer, Pisias, Janecek, et al., 1992), which were reoccupied during ODP Leg 201. Additional data from Leg 201 shore-based analyses are also included in the compilation.
1Meister, P., Prokopenko, M., Skilbeck, C.G., Watson, M., and McKenzie, J.A., 2005. Data report: Compilation of total organic and inorganic carbon data from Peru margin and eastern equatorial Pacific drill sites (ODP Legs 112, 138, and 201). In Jørgensen, B.B., D'Hondt, S.L., and Miller, D.J. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 201 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/201_SR/105/105.htm>. [Cited YYYY-MM-DD]
2Geological Institute, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Correspondence author: patrick.meister@alumni.ethz.ch
3Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Initial receipt: 8 July 2004
Acceptance: 12 November 2004
Web publication:
12 July 2005
Ms 201SR-105