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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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