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Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5379-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5379-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
Research article
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27 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2016

Carbonate chemistry in sediment porewaters of the Rhône River delta driven by early diagenesis (northwestern Mediterranean)

Jens Rassmann, Bruno Lansard, Lara Pozzato, and Christophe Rabouille

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In situ O2 and pH measurements as well as determination of porewater concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, sulfate and calcium have been measured in the sediments of the Rhône prodelta. Biogeochemical activity decreased with distance from the river mouth. Oxic processes decreased the carbonate saturation state (Ω) by lowering pH, whereas anaerobic organic matter degradation, dominated by sulfate reduction, was accompanied by increasing Ω and carbonate precipitation.
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