Table T3. Source-indicative biomarker ratios and distributions in organic matter in Leg 207 samples.
Hole, core,
section
Depth
(mcd)
Age
TOC
(wt%)
m/z 57
-R steranes (m/z 217)
m/z 217/191
Cmax aquatic
Cmax waxes
MAC
n-C17/
n-C31
CPI
Pr/Ph
C27 (%)
C28 (%)
C29 (%)
C27/C29
C28/C27
Steranes/
hopanes
207-









1257B-20R-1 195.60 Coniacian 9.65 n-C18 n-C31 n-C18 1.3 1.7 0.9 34 26 41 0.83 0.76 0.4
1257B-22R-1 204.87 Turonian 9.72 n-C18 n-C31 Lycopane/n-C35 0.2 1.5 0.8 29 24 46 0.64 0.82 0.3
1257B-24R-4 218.41 Turonian 8.62 n-C16 n-C31 n-C16 2.2 1.8 1.8 34 23 43 0.78 0.69 0.7
1257C-15R-1 219.85 Cenomanian 8.21 n-C17 n-C31 Lycopane/n-C35 1.1 2.1 0.3 38 24 38 0.99 0.64 0.8
1258B-44R-4 417.90 Turonian 8.78 n-C16 n-C31 n-C16 6.0 1.3 0.6 35 29 36 0.97 0.85 0.3
1258A-43R-2 426.20 Turonian 11.89 n-C18 n-C33 Lycopane/n-C35 1.0 2.0 0.3 35 27 38 0.91 0.76 0.2
1258B-46R-2 426.36 Cenomanian 28.13 Phytane n-C27 Phytane 1.3 2.7 0.3 30 23 47 0.64 0.78 0.3
1258B-51R-2 452.44 Cenomanian 11.63 n-C17 n-C31 n-C17 4.2 1.4 0.3 36 22 42 0.87 0.62 0.5
1258B-55R-1 470.31 Cenomanian 8.80 n-C17 n-C31 n-C17 2.4 1.8 0.4 37 24 39 0.95 0.64 0.5
1258C-31R-2 500.66 Albian 4.54 Phytane n-C29 Phytane 0.4 3.2 0.3 41 19 40 1.01 0.47 0.2

Notes: Cmax aquatic [waxes] = dominant n-alkane between n-C16 and n-C18 [n-C23 and n-C33]. MAC = most abundant compound. CPI = carbon preference index (Bray and Evans, 1961). Pr/Ph = pristane/phytane. m/z = atomic mass/charge ratio.