Sediment reworking quantification/

1D method
The 1D quantification method is based on the deposition of fluorescent tracers (luminophores) at the surface of sediment cores. After a defined time of incubation, the sediments are sliced and the content of luminophores is measured in each layer under UV light using a digital camera. Based on the obtained luminophore profiles, specific numerical models are then used to quantify the sediment reworking.

Analyses of lipid molecules/

Analyses of dicarboxylic acids/
The diacids are derivatized to dibutyl esters and detected with a Perkin Elmer autosystem XL gas chromatograph (GC) equipped with a split/splitless injector, a silica capillary column (HP-5, 25 m × 0.32 mm × 0.52 µm, Hewlett Packard) and an FID detector. (See also, Sempéré and Kawamura, 2003). For seawater, samples are desalted by the use of charcoal protocoal and detected by GC.

Analyses of long chain fatty acids FAME analysis is performed on a Perkin Elmer Autosystem XL equipped with a split/splitless injector and with a polar BPX70 SGE column. Analytical conditions are 30 m column length, injection temperature 240°C, detection temperature 280°C, oven temperature 50-260°C.

Selective detection of elements/
Specific elements (sulfur, halogens, organometallic, etc.) present within volatilised lipid compounds can be detected selectively with a HP 6990 series plus gas chromatograph connected to a HP G2350A atomic emission detector. Compounds are separated using ????