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Δ14C and δ13C Variations in Organic Fractions of Baltic Sea Sediments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Galina Lujanienė ,
Jonas Mažeika ,
Hong-Chun Li ,
Rimantas Petrošius ,
Rūta Barisevišiūtė ,
Kçstutis Jokšas ,
Nijolė Remeikaitė-Nikienė ,
Vitalijus Malejevas ,
Galina Garnaga  and
Algirdas Stankevišius
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Galina Lujanienė*
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
Jonas Mažeika
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Hong-Chun Li
Affiliation:
NTUAMS Laboratory at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Rimantas Petrošius
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Rūta Barisevišiūtė
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kçstutis Jokšas
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Nijolė Remeikaitė-Nikienė
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania EPA Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Vitalijus Malejevas
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania EPA Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Galina Garnaga
Affiliation:
EPA Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Algirdas Stankevišius
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania EPA Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Ieva Kulakauskaitė
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pavel P Povinec
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
*
2Corresponding author. Email: lujaniene@ar.fi.lt.
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Abstract

This article investigates variations of Δ14C and δ13C of total organic carbon (TOC) in sediments as well as in humic acids, lipid, and phospholipid fractions isolated from the surface (0–3 cm) sediment samples collected in the Curonian Lagoon and in the Baltic Sea. This study was performed to estimate relative contributions of the marine and terrestrial inputs to organic carbon in sediments, to assess a possible effect of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination on radiocarbon signatures, and to elucidate a possible leakage of chemical warfare agents (CWA) at the Gotland Deep dumpsite. Depleted Δ14C values of the TOC (down to −453‰) and of the total lipid extracts (down to −812.4‰) were detected at the CWA dumpsite. Application of the compound-specific method indicated a possible effect of CWA on depleted Δ14C and δ13C values in the investigated organic carbon fractions. The obtained results have indicated the different origin and behavior of lipids and TOC at the CWA dumpsite as compared to the area affected by the terrestrial-freshwater OC input. The Δ14C data of the TOC and total lipid extracts showed that recent sediments at the CWA dumpsite contain an excess of fossil carbon capable of influencing the 14C dating at the site.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , 2015 , pp. 481 - 492
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Copyright © 2015 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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