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Herb Buxton
sediment,
nutrients,
organic carbon
sedimentation
organic-rich
sediment layer
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
sediment,
nutrients,
organic carbon
sedimentation
subsidence
and burial
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
sediment,
nutrients,
organic carbon
sedimentation
subsidence
and burial
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
sediment,
nutrients,
organic carbon
sedimentation
subsidence
and burial
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
sediment,
nutrients,
organic carbon
sedimentation
subsidence
and burial
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
sediment, subsidence rate ~ 0.0002 m/yr (0.2 mm/yr)
nutrients, window top ~ 2.5 km (8,000 ft); 13 million yr
organic carbon bottom ~ 3.5 – 6.5 km (11,500 – 21,000 ft); 18 – 33 million yr
Gulf of Mexico
sedimentation
subsidence
and burial
100 °C
150 °C
heat flow
National Geographic, June 2004
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