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Rassmann, Jens; Eitel, Eryn M.; Lansard, Bruno; Cathalot, Cecile; Brandily, Christophe; Taillefert, Martial; Rabouille, Christophe. |
Estuarine regions are generally considered a major source of atmospheric CO2, as a result of the high organic carbon (OC) mineralization rates in their water column and sediments. Despite this, the intensity of anaerobic respiration processes in the sediments tempered by the reoxidation of reduced metabolites near the sediment–water interface controls the flux of benthic alkalinity. This alkalinity may partially buffer metabolic CO2 generated by benthic OC respiration in sediments. Thus, sediments with high anaerobic respiration rates could contribute less to local acidification than previously thought. In this study, a benthic chamber was deployed in the Rhône River prodelta and the adjacent continental shelf (Gulf of Lion, northwestern Mediterranean) in... |
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Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71163/69492.pdf |
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Taillefert, Martial; Beckler, Jordon S.; Cathalot, Cecile; Michalopoulos, Panagiotis; Corvaisier, Rudolph; Kiriazis, Nicole; Caprais, Jean-claude; Pastor, Lucie; Rabouille, Christophe. |
Deep-sea fans are well known depot centers for organic carbon that should promote sulfate reduction. At the same time, the high rates of deposition of unconsolidated metal oxides from terrigenous origin may also promote metal-reducing microbial activity. To investigate the eventual coupling between the iron and sulfur cycles in these environments, shallow sediment cores (< 50 cm) across various channels and levees in the Congo River deep-sea fan (~5000 m) were profiled using a combination of geochemical methods. Interestingly, metal reduction dominated suboxic carbon remineralization processes in most of these sediments, while dissolved sulfide was absent. In some ‘hotspot’ patches, however, sulfate reduction produced large sulfide concentrations which... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment diagenesis; Iron reduction; Sulfate reduction; Deep-sea fans. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/50068/52254.pdf |
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