Data fore D04: Environmental Sediment N-Alkanes, Fatty Acids, TOC, and TN

A dataset containing n-alkanes, fatty acids, total organic carbon (TOC), and total nitrogen (TN) from environmental sediment samples. The data supports organic matter source identification, sedimentary environment evolution analysis, and biogeochemical cycle research. It was authored by 仝港 Tong and last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Identify sources of organic matter in sediments based on n-alkane and fatty acid profiles.
• Analyze the evolution of sedimentary environments based on total organic carbon and nitrogen ratios.
• Research biogeochemical cycles based on the distribution of organic compounds in sediment samples.

Strengths

• Data includes specific organic compound classes (n-alkanes, fatty acids) and bulk geochemical measures (TOC, TN).
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
• File size is 61.4 KB, indicating a focused and manageable dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author 仝港 Tong

Collection Method

Likely laboratory analysis of environmental/sediment samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 07:35:04; freshness should be verified.