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| Lemaitre, Nolwenn; Bayon, Germain; Ondreas, Helene; Caprais, Jean-claude; Freslon, Nicolas; Bollinger, Claire; Rouget, Marie-laure; De Prunele, Alexis; Ruffine, Livio; Olu-le Roy, Karine; Sarthou, Geraldine. |
| Seawater samples were collected by submersible above methane seeps in the Gulf of Guinea (Regab and Baboon pockmarks) in order to investigate the behaviour of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and rare earth elements (REE) during fluid seepage. Our aim was to determine whether cold seeps may represent potential sources of dissolved chemical species to the ocean. Dissolved (<0.45 μm filtered samples) and total dissolvable (unfiltered samples) concentrations were determined over ∼50 m long vertical transects above the seafloor and at various discrete locations within the pockmarks. We show that substantial amounts of Fe and Mn are released into seawater during seepage of methane-rich fluids. Mn is exported almost quantitatively in the dissolved form (more than... |
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Palavras-chave: Iron; Rare earth elements; Cold seeps; Seawater; Organic ligands; Iron-sulfide nanoparticles. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00211/32190/30704.pdf |
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