TY - JOUR
T1 - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, a new method for rapid determination of total organic and inorganic carbon and biogenic silica concentration in lake sediments
AU - Rosén, Peter
AU - Vogel, Hendrik
AU - Cunningham, Laura
AU - Reuss, Nina Steenberg
AU - Conley, Daniel J
AU - Persson, Per
N1 - Keywords Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy FTIRS - Biogeochemistry - Biogenic silica - Carbon - Paleolimnology - IR spectroscopy
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We demonstrate the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIRS) to make quantitative measures of total organic carbon (TOC), total inorganic carbon (TIC) and biogenic silica (BSi) concentrations in sediment. FTIRS is a fast and cost-effective technique and only small sediment samples are needed (0.01 g). Statistically significant models were developed using sediment samples from northern Sweden and were applied to sediment records from Sweden, northeast Siberia and Macedonia. The correlation between FTIRS-inferred values and amounts of biogeochemical constituents assessed conventionally varied between r = 0.84-0.99 for TOC, r = 0.85-0.99 for TIC, and r = 0.68-0.94 for BSi. Because FTIR spectra contain information on a large number of both inorganic and organic components, there is great potential for FTIRS to become an important tool in paleolimnology.
AB - We demonstrate the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIRS) to make quantitative measures of total organic carbon (TOC), total inorganic carbon (TIC) and biogenic silica (BSi) concentrations in sediment. FTIRS is a fast and cost-effective technique and only small sediment samples are needed (0.01 g). Statistically significant models were developed using sediment samples from northern Sweden and were applied to sediment records from Sweden, northeast Siberia and Macedonia. The correlation between FTIRS-inferred values and amounts of biogeochemical constituents assessed conventionally varied between r = 0.84-0.99 for TOC, r = 0.85-0.99 for TIC, and r = 0.68-0.94 for BSi. Because FTIR spectra contain information on a large number of both inorganic and organic components, there is great potential for FTIRS to become an important tool in paleolimnology.
U2 - 10.1007/s10933-009-9329-4
DO - 10.1007/s10933-009-9329-4
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0921-2728
VL - 43
SP - 247
EP - 259
JO - Journal of Paleolimnology
JF - Journal of Paleolimnology
IS - 2
ER -