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Provedor de dados: 	5	
País: 	France	
Título: 	Carbon and silica megasink in deep-sea sediments of the Congo terminal lobes	
Autores: 	Rabouille, C.; Dennielou, Bernard; Baudin, F.; Raimonet, M.; Droz, Laurence; Khripounoff, Alexis; Martinez, P.; Mejanelle, L.; Michalopoulos, P.; Pastor, Lucie; Pruski, A.; Ragueneau, Olivier; Reyss, J.-l.; Ruffine, Livio; Schnyder, J.; Stetten, E.; Taillefert, M.; Tourolle, Julie; Olu, Karine.	
Data: 	2019-10	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Present; Paleoceanography; South Atlantic; Inorganic geochemistry; Organic geochemistry; Sedimentology-marine cores.	
Resumo: 	Carbon and silicon cycles at the Earth surface are linked to long-term variations of atmospheric CO2 and oceanic primary production. In these cycles, the river-sea interface is considered a biogeochemical hotspot, and deltas presently receive and preserve a major fraction of riverine particles in shallow water sediments. In contrast, periods of glacial maximum lowstand were characterized by massive exports of sediments to the deep-sea via submarine canyons and accumulation in deep-sea fans. Here, we calculate present-day mass balances for organic carbon (OC) and amorphous silica (aSi) in the terminal lobe complex of the Congo River deep-sea fan as an analogue for glacial periods. We show that this lobe complex constitutes a megasink with the current accumulation of 18 and 35% of the OC and aSi river input, respectively. This increases the estimates of organic carbon burial by 19% in the South Atlantic Ocean in a zone representing less than 0.01% of the basin. These megasinks might have played a role in carbon trapping in oceanic sediments during glacial times.	
Tipo: 	Text	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00511/62289/66720.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.036

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00511/62289/	
Editor: 	Elsevier BV	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Quaternary Science Reviews (0277-3791) (Elsevier BV), 2019-10 , Vol. 222 , P. 105854 (7p.)	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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