Clay and heavy minerals and total organic carbon in Arctic Ocean surface sediments – Data tables to distribution maps of Stein (2008)@en

Total organic carbon (TOC) and mineral assemblages are key data sets determined to characterize marine sediments in terms of sediment provenances, processes, and depositional environments. In a comprehensive review and synthesis (Stein, 2008), such data were compiled for Arctic Ocean surface sediments and shown in nine selected distribution maps: four maps of clay minerals (illite, smectite, chlorite, and kaolinite), four maps of heavy minerals (amphibole, clinopyroxene, epidote, and garnet), and one TOC map. The data used to produce these maps, are represented in the three tables of this data report. For details in background information and methodology see primary source literature cited here as well as the Stein (2008) synthesis.总有机碳（Total organic carbon, TOC）与矿物组合是表征海洋沉积物物源、沉积过程及沉积环境的核心数据集。在一项综合性综述与综合研究（Stein, 2008）中，研究者针对北冰洋表层沉积物整理了此类数据，并将其呈现于九幅精选的分布图中：四幅为黏土矿物分布图（伊利石、蒙脱石、绿泥石与高岭石）、四幅为重矿物分布图（角闪石、单斜辉石、绿帘石与石榴子石），以及一幅总有机碳分布图。用于绘制上述分布图的原始数据，均收录于本数据报告的三张数据表中。有关背景信息与研究方法的详细内容，请参阅本文引用的原始文献以及Stein（2008）的综合研究成果。