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Distribution Patterns of Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in the Sediments of the Northeast Equatorial Pacific Ocean

북동 적도태평양해역 퇴적물의 탄소 및 질소함량 분포특성

  • Kim, Kyeong-Hong (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Hyun, Jung-Ho (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Son, Ju-Won (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Son, Seung-Jyu (Deep-sea & Marine Georesources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
  • 김경홍 (한국해양연구원 심해해저자원연구부) ;
  • 현정호 (한양대학교 해양환경과학과) ;
  • 손주원 (한국해양연구원 심해해저자원연구부) ;
  • 손승규 (한국해양연구원 심해해저자원연구부)
  • Published : 2008.08.31
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Abstract

The mesoscale environmental surveys were conducted between $5^{\circ}N\;and\;17^{\circ}N$ mainly along the $131.5^{\circ}W$ meridian from 1997 to 2002 to investigate controlling factors of carbon and nitrogen contents in bottom sediments. Sediments of the study area showed zonal distribution pattern depending on latitudinal position and can be classified into four types; calcareous ooze($5{\sim}6^{\circ}N$), siliceous sediments($8{\sim}12^{\circ}N$), pelagic red clay($16{\sim}17^{\circ}N$), and mixed sediments($7^{\circ}N$). Inorganic carbon(IC) contents varied depending on water depth and carbonate compensation depth(CCD). Carbonate materials were well preserved in the low latitude region, where water depths are shallower than CCD. In contrast, the higher latitude region dominated by siliceous sediment and pelagic red clays has low productivity in water column as well as the water depths deeper than CCD. Thus, most of carbonate materials were dissolved, which resulted in IC contents of less than 0.05% in the sediments. Organic carbon(OC) and total nitrogen contents(TN) in siliceous sediments were higher than in pelagic red clay sediments simply because of higher primary productivity in the siliceous sediment dominated area. The contents of OC and TN were lower in the calcareous ooze than in the siliceous sediments. It is attributed to the high input of calcareous material to the bottom due to relatively shallow water depth of the area, which diluted organic matter contents in the sediment. Overall results indicated that water depth relative to CCD, primary production in water column, and sedimentation rate largely controls the large-scale distribution of carbon and nitrogen contents in the study area.

저층 퇴적물내 탄소와 질소성분의 조절인자를 파악하기 위한 광역적 환경조사가 1997년부터 2002년까지 서경 131.5도를 중심으로 북위 5도에서 17도 사이에서 수행되었다. 위도에 따라 지역적인 분포를 보이는 연구지역의 퇴적물은 네 가지로 분류할 수 있다; 석회질 연니($5{\sim}6^{\circ}N$), 규질 퇴적물($8{\sim}12^{\circ}N$), 원양성 적점토($16{\sim}17^{\circ}N$), 석회질과 규질이 섞여 있는 혼합 퇴적물($7^{\circ}N$). 무기탄소함량은 탄산염보상심도(CCD)와 수심에 의해 변하고 있었다. 수심이 CCD보다 얕은 저위도 지역에서는 석회질 물질이 잘 보존되고 있었다. 반면 규질 퇴적물과 적점토가 우세한 고위도 지역은 수심이 CCD보다 깊을 뿐만이 아니라 낮은 수층 생산성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 대부분의 석회질 물질들은 용해되고 그 결과 퇴적층내 무기탄소함량은 0.05%이하의 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 유기탄소와 총질소함량은 수층의 생산력이 상대적으로 높은 규질 퇴적물지역이 적점토지역보다 함량이 높게 나타났다. 석회질 연니내 유기탄소와 총질소 함량은 규질 퇴적물보다 낮게 나타났다. 이는 상대적으로 낮은 수심에 기인된 저층으로 유입되는 석회질 물질의 높은 유입율이 퇴적층내 유기물 함량을 희석하기 때문인 것으로 추정된다. 전체적인 결과들은 CCD와 연관된 수심, 수층의 생산력, 그리고 퇴적율이 연구지역내 탄소와 질소함량의 광역적 분포를 조절하고 있음을 지시한다.

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