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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5333-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5333-2016
Research article
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23 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2016

Anaerobic oxidation of methane alters sediment records of sulfur, iron and phosphorus in the Black Sea

Matthias Egger, Peter Kraal, Tom Jilbert, Fatimah Sulu-Gambari, Célia J. Sapart, Thomas Röckmann, and Caroline P. Slomp

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By combining detailed geochemical analyses with diagenetic modeling, we provide new insights into how methane dynamics may strongly overprint burial records of iron, sulfur and phosphorus in marine systems subject to changes in organic matter loading or water column salinity. A better understanding of these processes will improve our ability to read ancient sediment records and thus to predict the potential consequences of global warming and human-enhanced inputs of nutrients to the ocean.
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