10.1594/PANGAEA.736081
Pfeifer, Kerstin
Kerstin
Pfeifer
Hensen, Christian
Christian
Hensen
Adler, M
M
Adler
Wenzhöfer, Frank
Frank
Wenzhöfer
Weber, Bettina
Bettina
Weber
0000-0002-5453-3967
Schulz, Horst D
Horst D
Schulz
Chemistry of sediment profile GeoB4906
PANGAEA
2002
MultiCorer
PROFILUR Lander
M41/1
Meteor (1986)
Geosciences, University of Bremen (GeoB)
1998-03-02T05:35:00/1998-03-03T14:49:00
en
Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets
10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01073-6
urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-ep000103296
6 datasets
application/zip
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Mineralization of organic matter and the subsequent dissolution of calcite were simulated for surface sediments of the upper continental slope off Gabon by using microsensors to measure O2, pH, pCO2 and Ca2+ (in situ), pore-water concentration profiles of NO3-, NH4+, Fe2+, and Mn2+ and SO42- (ex situ), as well as sulfate reduction rates derived from incubation experiments. The transport and reaction model CoTReM was used to simulate the degradation of organic matter by O2, [NO3]-, Fe(OH)3 and [SO4]2-, reoxidation reactions involving Fe2+ and Mn2+, and precipitation of FeS. Model application revealed an overall rate of organic matter mineralization amounting to 50 µmol C cm**-2 yr**-1, of which 77% were due to O2, 17% to [NO3]- and 3% to Fe(OH)3 and 3% to [SO4]2-. The best fit for the pH profile was achieved by adapting three different dissolution rate constants of calcite ranging between 0.01 and 0.5% d-1 and accounting for different calcite phases in the sediment. A reaction order of 4.5 was assumed in the kinetic rate law. A CaCO3 flux to the sediment was estimated to occur at a rate of 42 g m**-2 yr**-1 in the area of equatorial upwelling. The model predicts a redissolution flux of calcite amounting to 36 g m**-2 yr**-1, thus indicating that ~90% of the calcite flux to the sediment is redissolved.
Supplement to: Pfeifer, Kerstin; Hensen, Christian; Adler, M; Wenzhöfer, Frank; Weber, Bettina; Schulz, Horst D (2002): Modeling of subsurface calcite dissolution - including the respiration and re-oxidation processes of marine sediments in the region of equatorial upwelling off Gabon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66(24), 4247-4259
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