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Oxic pelagic sediments of the world ocean (22 core tops, Wu et al., 2020)

World ocean

Sediments

Type
Sediment

Twenty-two core tops from 1966 to 5960 m, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Table 4 gives latitudes and longitudes without hemisphere: no coordinates, the published values are in the notes.

δ51V in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : AA (Alfa Aesar)

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
−0.89 ± 0.15 ‰−1.15 / −0.67 ‰21oxic pelagic sediment, leached oxide fraction (V)
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 21 analyses, -1.15 to -0.67 (VIN19 BC-27 -0.87; CHN100 55PG -1.06; CHN100 57PG -0.71; CHN100 82PG -0.67; CHN100 85PG -1.14; CHN100 94PG -0.77; CHN100 96 -1.07; All54 7PG -0.88; CHN13 PC-4 -0.79; CHN39 2GCHP -0.88; CHN39 4GCHP -0.77; CHN75 25PG -0.88; CHN11538PC -1.15; CHN10031PG -1.10; CHN10046PG -1.06; All15763HC -0.85; AII9320PG -0.79; EPZTMC7 -0.73; EPZT MC9 -0.72; EPZT MC13 -0.85; EPZT MC17 -0.98). Published positions (latitude; longitude, no hemisphere): VIN19 BC-27 (51.23; 165.04, 5200 m); CHN100 55PG (16.55; 170.39, 3316 m); CHN100 57PG (18.03; 167.11, 4215 m); CHN100 82PG (7.19; 168.21, 5742 m); CHN100 85PG (7.21; 168.31, 5457 m); CHN100 94PG (10.08; 99.40, 4314 m); CHN100 96 (7.51; 100.41, 4201 m); All54 7PG (8.49; 99.30, 4375 m); CHN13 PC-4 (53.53; 24.12, 3375 m); CHN39 2GCHP (25.18; 55.44, 5937 m); CHN39 4GCHP (27.55; 57.00, 5960 m); CHN75 25PG (12.59; 49.42, 1966 m); CHN11538PC (34.04; 6.55, 5260 m); CHN10031PG (3.13; 52.23, 5115 m); CHN10046PG (1.26; 79.09, 4475 m); All15763HC (32.01; 40.49, 4549 m); AII9320PG (2.01; 50.32, 5080 m); EPZTMC7 (12.00; 84.00, 4573 m); EPZT MC9 (12.00; 89.00, 4149 m); EPZT MC13 (14.00; 99.00, 3859 m); EPZT MC17 (15.00; 109.19, 3718 m). The authors derive from sediments under bottom water above 10 µM O2 an offset of -1.1 ± 0.3 ‰ from seawater.
Wu et al. (2020), Sedimentary vanadium isotope signatures in low oxygen marine conditions…
−0.85 ± 0.07 ‰−0.97 / −0.76 ‰9oxic pelagic sediment, bulk sediment (V)
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 9 analyses, -0.97 to -0.76 (CHN100 57PG -0.76; CHN100 94PG -0.79; All54 7PG -0.81; All15763HC -0.97; EPZTMC7 -0.82; EPZT MC9 -0.80; EPZT MC11 -0.85; EPZT MC13 -0.90; EPZT MC17 -0.95). Published positions (latitude; longitude, no hemisphere): CHN100 57PG (18.03; 167.11, 4215 m); CHN100 94PG (10.08; 99.40, 4314 m); All54 7PG (8.49; 99.30, 4375 m); All15763HC (32.01; 40.49, 4549 m); EPZTMC7 (12.00; 84.00, 4573 m); EPZT MC9 (12.00; 89.00, 4149 m); EPZT MC11 (12.00; 94.00, 3671 m); EPZT MC13 (14.00; 99.00, 3859 m); EPZT MC17 (15.00; 109.19, 3718 m). The authors derive from sediments under bottom water above 10 µM O2 an offset of -1.1 ± 0.3 ‰ from seawater.
Wu et al. (2020), Sedimentary vanadium isotope signatures in low oxygen marine conditions…

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Oxic pelagic sediments of the world ocean (22 core tops, Wu et al., 2020), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/sediments-pelagiques-oxiques-de-l-ocean-mondial-22-carottes-de-surface-wu-et-al-2020/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

@misc{isofind2026oxicpelagicsedimentsoftheworl,
  title = {Oxic pelagic sediments of the world ocean (22 core tops, Wu et al., 2020), isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/sediments-pelagiques-oxiques-de-l-ocean-mondial-22-carottes-de-surface-wu-et-al-2020/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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