Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 7. Sulfur mass balance, oxygen uptake and sulfide retention

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May 1987

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 51, Issue 5, pp.1187-1199

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Sulfur and oxygen fluxes were quantified in the seasonally varying anoxic marine sedimentary system of Cape Lookout Bight, N.C., U.S.A. Over the three year study period, 1981-1983, the mean annual sulfate reduction rate was determined to be 18.2 ± 1.6 moles · m -2 · y -1 . This value, added to the estimate of the detrital sulfur input of 1.2 ± 4.4 gave a total sulfur input of 19.4 ± 4.7 moles · m -2 · y -1 . The sulfide flux to the sediment-water interface, measured in anaerobic benthic chambers was 4.6 ± 0.5 moles · m -2 · y -1 , and represented 37% of the annual oxygen uptake rate of 25.2 ± 2.8 moles · m -2 · y -1 . The sulfide burial rate, determined to be 15.5 ± 3.1 moles · m -2 · y -1 , was within 5% of the value predicted by summing the fluxes at the sediment-water interface. The C / S weight ratio of sediment below the depth of diagenetic reaction was determined to be 2.75. The sulfide retention rate in these rapidly accumulating sediments (10 cm/yr) was 77 ± 19%. Comparison of this result with previous studies shows that rapid sediment accumulation and the lack of bioturbation control this unusually high degree of sulfide retention.

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