Sedimentary Organic Matter Organic facies and palynofacies [Paperback]

A sound understanding of the global carbon cycle requires an appreciation of the various physico-chemical and biological processes that determine the production, distribution, deposition and diagenesis of organic matter in the natural environment. This book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary synthesis of this information, coupled with an organic facies approach based on data from both microscopy and bulk organic geochemistry.A sound understanding of the global carbon cycle requires an appreciation of the various physico-chemical and biological processes that determine the production, distribution, deposition and diagenesis of organic matter in the natural environment. This book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary synthesis of this information, coupled with an organic facies approach based on data from both microscopy and bulk organic geochemistry.Preface. Introduction: The importance of sedimentary organic matter. The nature of organic matter in sediments. Production and delivery flux of planktonic organic matter. Biological degradation and consumption of organic matter. Abundance of organic matter in sediments: TOC, hydrodynamic equivalence, dilution and flux effects. Organic matter preservation: the effects of oxygen deficiency. Origin and nature of the phytoclast group. Origin and nature of the amorphous group. Origin and nature of the palynomorph group, phytoplankton subgroup. Origin and nature of the zoomorph subgroup, and the origin, nature and distribution of the zooclast group. Distribution of the phytoclast group. Distribution of the amorphous group. Distribution of the palynomorph group: sporomorph subgroup. Distribution of the palynomorph group: phytoplankton subgroup, marine dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts). Distribution of the palynomorph group: phytoplankton subgroup, marine prasinophyte phycomata. Distribution of the palynomorph group: phytoplankton subgroup, chlorococcale algae. Distribution of the palynomorph group: lÓ!