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Research article
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29 May 2019
Research article |
| 29 May 2019
| 29 May 2019
Fracture-controlled fluid transport supports microbial methane-oxidizing communities at Vestnesa Ridge
Haoyi Yao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Wei-Li Hong
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway
Giuliana Panieri
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Simone Sauer
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway
Marta E. Torres
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS), Oregon State
University, Corvallis, USA
Moritz F. Lehmann
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Friederike Gründger
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Helge Niemann
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate,
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of
Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, and Utrecht University, den Burg, the
Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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How methane is transported in the sediment is important for the microbial community living on methane. Here we report an observation of a mini-fracture that facilitates the advective gas transport of methane in the sediment, compared to the diffusive fluid transport without a fracture. We found contrasting bio-geochemical signals in these different transport modes. This finding can help to fill the gap in the fracture network system in modulating methane dynamics in surface sediments.
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