Application of mid-infrared spectroscopy for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of organic matter in Holocene sediment records
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12266941 |
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| Authors | Sofia Ninnes (0000-0001-9659-2722, Umeå University, corresponding author), Carsten Meyer‐Jacob (0000-0002-8208-496X, Umeå University), Julie Tolu (0000-0001-5249-9497, Umeå University), R Bindler (0000-0002-7900-309X, Umeå University), Antonio Martínez Cortizas (0000-0003-0430-5760, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-273 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09596836231211872 |
| OpenAlex | W4389202600 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 82 |
The organic matter composition of lake sediments influences important in-lake biogeochemical processes and stores information on environmental changes. Extracting this information is notoriously difficult because of the complexity of the organic matter matrix, which routinely imposes trade-offs between high temporal and analytical detail in the selection of methods of analysis. Here, we demonstrate the potential of diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS) for achieving both of these objectives using untreated bulk samples from two Holocene lake-sediment cores from central Sweden. We develop quantitative models for sediment total organic carbon (TOC) with the same predictive abilities as models based on samples diluted with KBr and qualitatively characterize the organic matter using a spectra processing-pipeline combined with principal component analysis. In the qualitative analysis we identified four organic matter sub-fractions and the interpretation of these is supported and further advanced with molecular data from pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Within these organic fractions, compound groups such as aromatics, lignin, aliphatics, proteins and polysaccharides were identified by means of DRIFTS and the analyses and processes outlined here enables rapid and detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of sediment organic matter. The DRIFTS approach can be used as stand-alone method for OM characterization with high temporal resolution in Holocene sediment records. It may also function as a screening process for more specific analyses of sample subsets, such as when coupled with pyrolysis-GC/MS to further tease apart the OM composition, identify sources and determine degradation status
Biogeochemical cycle · Geomorphology · Mineralogy · Organic matter · Pyrolysis · Sediment · Sedimentary organic matter · Total organic carbon · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping · Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Geology · Organic Chemistry
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