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Research article
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26 Oct 2018
Research article |
| 26 Oct 2018
| 26 Oct 2018
Vivianite formation in methane-rich deep-sea sediments from the South China Sea
Jiarui Liu
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environment Geology, College
of Marine Science and Technology, School of Earth Sciences, China University
of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
Gareth Izon
Department of Earth,
Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Jiasheng Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environment Geology, College
of Marine Science and Technology, School of Earth Sciences, China University
of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
Gilad Antler
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beersheba, 84105, Israel
The
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat, 88103, Israel
Department of Earth
Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
Zhou Wang
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environment Geology, College
of Marine Science and Technology, School of Earth Sciences, China University
of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
Jie Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environment Geology, College
of Marine Science and Technology, School of Earth Sciences, China University
of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
Matthias Egger
The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, Rotterdam, 3014 JH, the Netherlands
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Our work provides new insights into the biogeochemical cycling of iron, methane and phosphorus. We found that vivianite, an iron-phosphate mineral, is pervasive in methane-rich sediments, suggesting that iron reduction at depth is coupled to phosphorus and methane cycling on a much greater spatial scale than previously assumed. Acting as an important burial mechanism for iron and phosphorus, vivianite authigenesis may be an under-considered process in both modern and ancient settings alike.
Our work provides new insights into the biogeochemical cycling of iron, methane and phosphorus....
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