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https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-729-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-729-2014
13 Jan 2014
 | 13 Jan 2014
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal BG but the revision was not accepted.

Magnetic quantification of Fe and S bound as magnetosomal greigite in laminated sapropels in deeper basins of the Baltic Sea

M. Reinholdsson and I. Snowball

Abstract. Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) biomineralize magnetite and/or greigite for navigation purposes and it have been suggested that their magnetosomes make a significant contribution to the burial of Fe (and S and O) in sedimentary environments. To test this hypothesis and improve our understanding of MTBs impact on the rate of burial of these two elements we have quantified the abundance of Fe and S bound as greigite magnetofossils in laminated Baltic Sea sapropels, which were formed during periods of hypoxia and anoxia, using mineral magnetic measurements. Fluxes of Fe and S in the form of preserved greigite magnetofossils were calculated for three sedimentary sequences. The magnetosomal Fe (and S) fluxes range between 0.19 and 1.46 × 10−6 g cm−2 yr−1 (0.15 and 1.12 × 10−6 g cm−2 yr−1), and varied in time and space. The contribution of magnetosomal Fe to total Fe fluxes is relatively low, < 0.2%, although its contribution can be important in other stratified waters that suffer from hypoxia/anoxia. We show that the magnetosomal fluxes of Fe in the Baltic Sea are, however, similar to fluxes of Fe derived from mineral magnetic studies of magnetite magnetosomes in organic rich, varved freshwater lake sediments in Sweden.

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