Table 1 Thickness and average TOC data for each polygon in Fig. 3.

From: The Eurasian epicontinental sea was an important carbon sink during the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Section/well

Thickness (m)

Avg. TOC (%)

Sedimentation rate (cm kyr-1)

Corg MAR (g cm-2 kyr-1)

Polygon area (108km2)

Corg burial during the CIE body (Gt)

Kheu

0.58

6.09

0.77

0.116

0.001

8.99

Baksan

0.25

0.50

0.33

0.004

0.003

1.01

Aktumsuk-2

1.00

2.85

1.33

0.093

0.016

111.40

Torangly

1.20

1.06

1.60

0.042

0.007

21.60

Guru-Fatima

1.30

7.98

1.73

0.340

0.005

119.94

Kurpai

1.30

9.73

1.73

0.415

0.008

245.28

Medani

2.40

1.47

3.07

0.116

0.002

18.16

Well 10

0.20

4.24

0.27

0.028

0.033

67.90

Mine

4.50

1.57

6.00

0.232

0.009

164.99

Dzhengutay

0.76

2.10

1.01

0.052

0.004

16.27

TOTAL

     

775.53

  1. See text for the calculation of the sedimentation rate and Corg MAR. The amount of Corg burial was calculated by multiplying the area and the Corg MAR value for the polygon.
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