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Copper Porphyrins in Deep-Sea Sediments: A Possible Indicator of Oxidized Terrestrial Organic Matter

1978; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 201; Issue: 4350 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.201.4350.49

1095-9203

S.E. Palmer, Earl W. Baker,

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Copper porphyrins have been isolated from deep-sea sediments collected during six legs of the Deep Sea Drilling Project-International Program of Ocean Drilling. These pigments are present in depositional areas receiving high inputs of terrestrially derived oxidized organic matter. Such areas include the Black Sea, the Bay of Biscay, the Blake-Bahama Basin, and slumped Miocene deposits off Cape Bojador on the west coast of Africa.